You approach a steady circular red light with a clearly marked stop line before the crosswalk. Where should you make the required stop?
Correct answer: At the stop line
Stop at the marked line. If there is no line, the law gives a different stopping position before the near crosswalk, or before the intersection when neither exists.
Source: RCW46.61.055 (3)(a); complete current section read September13,2026. Handbook context: Washington Driver Guide520-400(R/4/25), physical PDF110. ↗
In Washington, you have stopped at a circular red light before a right turn. No sign prohibits the turn. What must happen before you turn?
Correct answer: Wait for approaching traffic and lawful crosswalk users to clear your path
A permitted right turn on red still requires a complete stop and yielding. Remain stopped for traffic and crossing users entitled to proceed; a signal behind you does not change that duty.
Source: RCW46.61.055 (3)(a); crosswalk duties under 46.61.235(1); complete current section read September13,2026. Handbook context: Washington Driver Guide520-400(R/4/25), physical PDF110. ↗
You are on a two-way Washington street, stopped at a circular red light. You want to turn left onto a one-way street carrying traffic to your left. No sign prohibits it, and the path is clear. Is the turn permitted?
Correct answer: Yes, after stopping and yielding as required
Washington permits this left turn from either a one-way or two-way street onto a one-way street carrying traffic in the turn's direction. The stop, signs and yielding requirements still apply.
Source: RCW46.61.055 (3)(a); complete current section read September13,2026. Handbook context: Washington Driver Guide520-400(R/4/25), physical PDF110. ↗
A steady left red arrow faces you on a two-way Washington street. You are correctly positioned to turn left onto a one-way street carrying traffic to your left, and no sign prohibits the turn. What does Washington law allow?
Correct answer: A left turn after a full stop and the required yielding
RCW 46.61.055(3)(c) expressly permits this turn after stopping and yielding unless a sign prohibits it. The handbook's short red-arrow description does not state this Washington exception.
Source: RCW46.61.055 (3)(c); handbook physical110 red-arrow summary omits the exception; complete current section read September13,2026. Handbook context: Washington Driver Guide520-400(R/4/25), physical PDF110. ↗
A No Turn on Red sign applies to your right turn at a steady red arrow. You have stopped and see no approaching traffic. May you make the turn while that indication remains?
Correct answer: No; the posted prohibition still applies
A posted prohibition removes the turn-on-red permission. Stopping and finding a gap do not cancel the sign.
Source: RCW46.61.055 (3)(c); complete current section read September13,2026. Handbook context: Washington Driver Guide520-400(R/4/25), physical PDF110. ↗
You face a circular green light, not a green arrow, and intend to turn left. An oncoming vehicle is close enough to be an immediate hazard. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield to the approaching vehicle before turning
A circular green does not give a left-turning driver priority over hazardous oncoming traffic. Wait for a safe opportunity and obey the crossing-user duties too.
Source: RCW46.61.185 (1); 46.61.055(1)(a); complete current section read September13,2026. Handbook context: Washington Driver Guide520-400(R/4/25), physical PDF112. ↗
Your green turn arrow appears, but another vehicle is still lawfully completing its movement in the intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop to let that vehicle complete its movement
A green arrow authorizes the indicated movement, but does not remove the duty to let vehicles lawfully in the intersection finish. It is not proof that every conflict has disappeared.
Source: RCW46.61.055 (1)(b); complete current section read September13,2026. Handbook context: Washington Driver Guide520-400(R/4/25), physical PDF112. ↗
A steady yellow light replaces the green indication as you approach an intersection. What is the signal telling you?
Correct answer: The green movement is ending and a red indication follows
Steady yellow warns that the related green movement is ending or red will immediately follow. It is not a direction to accelerate into the intersection.
Source: RCW46.61.055 (2)(a); complete current section read September13,2026. Handbook context: Washington Driver Guide520-400(R/4/25), physical PDF111. ↗
At an ordinary road intersection, your traffic signal is flashing red. What rule applies?
Correct answer: Stop completely, then proceed under stop-sign right-of-way rules
A flashing red road signal requires a stop followed by the rules used after a stop sign. Railroad grade-crossing signals have separate rules.
Source: RCW46.61.065 (1)(a), (2); complete current section read September13,2026. Handbook context: Washington Driver Guide520-400(R/4/25), physical PDF110. ↗
Your ordinary intersection signal flashes yellow. What does that indication require?
Correct answer: Proceed only with caution
Flashing yellow requires caution. It does not by itself require the complete stop associated with flashing red, and does not guarantee a clear path.
Source: RCW46.61.065 (1)(b), (2); complete current section read September13,2026. Handbook context: Washington Driver Guide520-400(R/4/25), physical PDF111. ↗
