A red light controls your lane. A painted stop line lies before the crosswalk. Where must you make the required stop?
Correct answer: Before the stop line
Stop at the marked stop line. Without a line, stop before the near crosswalk; if neither exists, stop before entering the intersection.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(C)(1)(a); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
You have stopped at a circular red light. No red arrow or sign prohibits your intended right turn. Cross traffic is too close for a safe turn. What must you do?
Correct answer: Wait and yield to that traffic
A permitted right turn on circular red still carries stop-sign yielding duties. Stopping does not give the turning driver priority over an immediate conflict.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(C)(1)(b), effective 2025-06-30; 4511.43(A), effective 2018-10-29. Reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
After stopping at a circular red light, which left-turn route may be allowed if no device prohibits it and you yield as required?
Correct answer: From a one-way street into a one-way street
Ohio's circular-red left-turn permission is for a one-way-to-one-way movement. It requires a stop and the applicable yielding duties, and a prohibiting device controls.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(C)(1)(b); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
A steady red right arrow faces you. No traffic-control device permits a turn on that arrow. What must you do before making that turn?
Correct answer: Wait for an indication or device permitting it
The ordinary red-arrow rule prohibits the indicated movement. Ohio has a narrow exception when a traffic-control device expressly permits a stopped turn; the scenario does not provide one.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(C)(2)(a)-(b); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
An official traffic-control device expressly permits a right turn on the steady red right arrow facing you. How may you use that permission?
Correct answer: Stop, yield, then turn right when safe
Ohio permits this specifically authorized stopped turn in the arrow's direction, subject to the duties that apply after a stop sign. It is not a general permission to ignore red arrows.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(C)(2)(b), effective 2025-06-30; 4511.43(A), effective 2018-10-29. Reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
Your green turn arrow lights, but a pedestrian is lawfully in the associated crosswalk. What is required?
Correct answer: Yield to the pedestrian before turning
A green arrow allows its indicated movement cautiously, not unconditionally. Drivers still yield to pedestrians lawfully in the associated crosswalk and traffic lawfully using the intersection.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(A)(2); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
A circular green signal changes to steady yellow as you approach. What does the yellow tell you?
Correct answer: The current permitted movement is ending
Steady yellow warns that the current green or flashing-arrow movement is ending and red is about to follow. It does not grant extra speed or permission to enter on the ensuing red.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(B)(1); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
You face a flashing yellow left arrow while an oncoming vehicle is close enough to conflict with your turn. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield until the turn can be made safely
A flashing yellow arrow allows the indicated movement cautiously. A left-turning driver must yield to opposing vehicles that pose an immediate hazard, as well as the other stated conflicts.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(E)(2)(a)-(b); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
At an intersection, you face a flashing circular red signal rather than a steady red. What rule governs your movement?
Correct answer: Stop, then proceed under stop-sign yielding rules
A flashing circular red at an intersection requires a stop at the specified stopping point. After stopping, the same yielding conditions as at a stop sign govern whether you may proceed.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(F)(1); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
The traffic signal facing your car shows no colored lights or arrows. There is no officer directing traffic. What is required before crossing?
Correct answer: Stop, yield to immediate hazards, and use care
Ohio's malfunction rule requires a stop, yielding to conflicting traffic in or approaching the intersection that creates an immediate hazard, and ordinary care while proceeding. A dark signal is not permission to continue without stopping.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.132(A)(1)-(3); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
Your light is green, but stopped traffic leaves no room for your whole car beyond the intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait outside the intersection for enough space
A green signal does not override Ohio's rule against entering without enough space beyond the intersection to accommodate your vehicle without obstructing others.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.712(A)-(B); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
An overhead lane-control signal shows a steady red X above one lane in your direction. What does that mean for your car?
Correct answer: The lane is closed to travel in your direction
A steady red X closes the lane to traffic viewing that indication. It is a lane-use control, not permission to enter merely because no vehicle is visible.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.131(E); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
