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. ↗
A stopped school bus flashes red across an undivided four-lane road with two traffic lanes in each direction. You are traveling in the opposite direction. Under South Carolina's bus rule:
Correct answer: You are not required to stop, but must watch for children.
South Carolina's opposite-direction exception applies to a road with at least two traffic lanes in each direction. A physical median is not required for that exception.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2770; Opposite-direction multilane exception; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
You are following a school bus on a road with two lanes in each direction. Its red lights flash while it is stopped. What is required?
Correct answer: Stop before the bus even if another same-direction lane is open.
The multilane exception is for traffic traveling in the opposite direction. It does not let a following driver pass a stopped bus displaying red signals.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2770; Following a school bus; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
A road has one traffic lane each way and a shared center turn lane. A stopped school bus flashes red toward opposing traffic. Must an approaching opposing driver stop?
Correct answer: Yes; this layout does not meet the multilane exception.
A center turn lane does not create two traffic lanes in each direction. Opposite-direction traffic must stop in this situation.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2770; Center turn lane is not a second traffic lane; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
A school bus ahead begins displaying flashing amber lights. You are considering overtaking it. What does South Carolina law say?
Correct answer: Do not overtake the bus while its amber lights flash.
The statute specifically prohibits overtaking a school bus displaying amber visual signals. Prepare for the bus's next movement and possible stop.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2770; Amber school-bus signals; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
You stopped for a school bus's flashing red lights. Under the bus stopping rule, when may you resume, provided the way is safe?
Correct answer: Once the bus moves or its red lights stop.
The required waiting period ends when the bus resumes motion or stops operating its red visual signals. Continue to protect children and other road users.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2770; Resuming after a bus stop; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
Railroad warning signals require you to stop. How far from the nearest rail should your vehicle stop?
Correct answer: Between 15 and 50 feet.
When a stop is required at a railroad crossing, stop no nearer than 15 feet and no farther than 50 feet from the nearest rail.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2710; Railroad stopping clearance; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
The crossing signal permits travel, but traffic leaves too little room for your whole vehicle beyond the tracks. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait before the tracks until the exit space is available.
Do not enter a railroad crossing without sufficient space to clear it. A favorable signal does not override the need to keep the tracks clear.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2735; Space beyond railroad tracks; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
An authorized road worker is performing work inside a highway work zone marked with warning signs. What must you do?
Correct answer: Yield to the worker and authorized work vehicles.
Drivers must yield to authorized personnel and vehicles doing highway work in a designated work zone. Follow the zone's traffic controls as well.
Source: South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 56-5-2370; Highway work zone; current official text reviewed September 21, 2026. ↗
