Your light turns green, but the next block is full. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait until you can clear the intersection.
A green light does not make a blocked intersection safe to enter. Leave the crossing clear until there is room beyond it.
Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual, revised June 2024 (currently posted file, not a 2026 edition); Green signal; printed page 6-3, physical PDF page 61; reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
No sign prohibits a right turn on red. Before turning, you must:
Correct answer: Stop, check for traffic and pedestrians, and yield.
A permitted right turn on red still begins with a complete stop. Proceed only after yielding to anyone whose path you would cross.
Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual, revised June 2024 (currently posted file, not a 2026 edition); Right turn on red; printed page 6-3, physical PDF page 61; reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
A traffic signal flashes red toward you. What is required?
Correct answer: Make a full stop, then proceed when safe.
A flashing red signal uses the stop-sign rule: stop completely and yield before continuing.
Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual, revised June 2024 (currently posted file, not a 2026 edition); Flashing red; printed page 6-4, physical PDF page 62; reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
You approach a flashing yellow traffic signal. How should you respond?
Correct answer: Proceed cautiously after checking the crossing.
Flashing yellow calls for caution. It does not guarantee that the crossing is empty or that another road user will yield.
Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual, revised June 2024 (currently posted file, not a 2026 edition); Flashing yellow; printed page 6-3, physical PDF page 61; reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
Two vehicles reach an uncontrolled intersection at approximately the same time. One is on your right. Who yields?
Correct answer: You yield to the vehicle on your right.
At an uncontrolled intersection, a driver yields to the vehicle on the right when their arrivals are approximately simultaneous.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2310; Uncontrolled intersection; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
You want to turn left across the path of an approaching car that is close enough to be a hazard. What is required?
Correct answer: Wait and yield to the approaching car.
A left-turning driver must yield to approaching traffic that is in the intersection or close enough to create an immediate hazard.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2320; Left-turn priority; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
There is a marked stop line before the crosswalk at a stop sign. Where should you stop?
Correct answer: Before the marked stop line.
Use the marked stop line first. If no line exists, the statute gives the crosswalk and then an appropriate viewing position as the next stopping locations.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2330; Stop position; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
You are leaving a private driveway to enter a public road. Which traffic must you yield to?
Correct answer: Vehicles approaching on the public road.
Entering from a private road or driveway does not give you priority over traffic approaching on the road you are joining.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2350; Private entrance; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
Before entering a roundabout, you should:
Correct answer: Yield to vehicles already circulating.
Traffic in the roundabout has priority over entering traffic. Enter a suitable gap and follow the counterclockwise traffic flow.
Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual, revised June 2024 (currently posted file, not a 2026 edition); Roundabout entry; printed page 7-7, physical PDF page 81; reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
An ambulance using its siren and flashing lights approaches on a two-lane road. What should you do?
Correct answer: Pull as far right as practical, clear the intersection, and stop.
On a two-lane road, move to the right edge clear of an intersection and stop until the emergency vehicle passes, unless an officer directs otherwise.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2360; Emergency vehicle on a two-lane road; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
On a multilane highway, an emergency vehicle using its siren and warning lights needs to pass. What does South Carolina require?
Correct answer: Yield and remain in or move to a position that lets it pass safely.
The multilane provision requires a safe yielding position. Do not confuse it with the specific right-edge stop rule for a two-lane road.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2360; Emergency vehicle on a multilane road; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
A school bus stops with red lights flashing on an ordinary two-lane road. You approach from the opposite direction. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop before reaching the bus.
On a two-lane road, the stopping rule applies to approaching traffic from either direction. The opposite-direction multilane exception does not apply here.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2770; School bus on two lanes; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
