You intend to turn right at a circular red light. No sign prohibits the turn. What must you do first?
Correct answer: Stop completely, then yield to pedestrians and conflicting traffic before turning if safe.
North Dakota’s stated right-on-red exception requires a complete stop and yielding. Rolling through is not enough.
Source: North Dakota Class D Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025–2027 cover / Revised 2025, printed page 15, physical PDF page 19: Signals — right turn on red after stopping. Current linked manual text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A left-turn arrow is flashing yellow while an oncoming car approaches. What is required?
Correct answer: Yield and turn only when the path is safely clear.
A flashing yellow arrow permits a yielding, unprotected turn. It is not the same as a green protected-turn arrow.
Source: North Dakota Class D Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025–2027 cover / Revised 2025, printed page 16, physical PDF page 20: Turn Indications — flashing yellow arrow. Current linked manual text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
You approach a flashing red traffic light. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop completely, then proceed cautiously after yielding as required.
Flashing red requires a full stop. After stopping, use the applicable right-of-way rules and enter only when safe.
Source: North Dakota Class D Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025–2027 cover / Revised 2025, printed page 15, physical PDF page 19: Flashing Indications — flashing red. Current linked manual text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
Your approach has a flashing yellow traffic light. What is the appropriate response?
Correct answer: Slow down and proceed with caution while checking the intersection.
Flashing yellow calls for caution, not a guarantee of a clear path. It differs from flashing red’s full-stop instruction.
Source: North Dakota Class D Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025–2027 cover / Revised 2025, printed page 15, physical PDF page 19: Flashing Indications — flashing yellow. Current linked manual text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A normal intersection traffic signal is dark, with no officer, flagger or other control in place. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop and yield under the stop-sign right-of-way rules before proceeding safely.
At a failed normally operating intersection signal, stop and yield to traffic already in the intersection and vehicles that stopped first. Proceed only when safe.
Source: North Dakota Class D Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025–2027 cover / Revised 2025, printed page 15, physical PDF page 19: Signals — dark signal requires stop and yield. Current linked manual text reviewed September 29, 2026. Also current NDCC §39-10-22(2) and §39-10-24(2), https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t39c10.pdf, physical pages 8–9. ↗
You are on a one-way street turning left onto another one-way street at a circular red light. No sign or officer prohibits it. What does North Dakota permit?
Correct answer: A left turn after a complete stop and yielding, if it is safe.
The permission is limited to the described one-way-to-one-way movement. Stop and yield to pedestrians and conflicting traffic.
Source: North Dakota Class D Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025–2027 cover / Revised 2025, printed page 15, physical PDF page 19: Signals — one-way left turn on red. Current linked manual text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A steady red right-turn arrow faces you, with no sign prohibiting a turn. Under North Dakota’s current code, what may you do?
Correct answer: Stop fully, yield, and cautiously turn right when safe.
Section 39-10-05(3)(c) permits the specified right or one-way-to-one-way left turn after stopping at any steady red indication, unless a sign prohibits it. The red-arrow paragraph expressly preserves that exception.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §39-10-05(3)(b)–(c), physical PDF page 3. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
