About The three-colour traffic light: green, yellow, red — and its limits: which statement is WRONG?
- Stopping on yellow is the main rule, BUT anyone who has approached the light so closely that stopping is no longer reasonably possible may proceed.
- ✓ A yellow flashing light regulates right of way at the junction just like a normal traffic light.
- Once an arrow is visible, the light applies EXCLUSIVELY to the direction the arrow indicates.
- Drivers may not block a junction, not even on green.
Correct answer: A yellow flashing light regulates right of way at the junction just like a normal traffic light.
Explanation
A yellow flashing light only means: dangerous point, caution required. It does not regulate right of way; that follows from the signs or the right-hand rule on site
Why learners get this wrong
- Stopping on yellow is the main rule, BUT anyone who has approached the light so closely that stopping is no longer reasonably possible may proceed. Causing an emergency stop is not required
- Once an arrow is visible, the light applies EXCLUSIVELY to the direction the arrow indicates. Other directions are governed by a different light or sign
- Drivers may not block a junction, not even on green. If the far side is jammed, you wait before the junction until there is room
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