About The three-colour traffic light: green, yellow, red — and its limits: which statement is correct?
- ✓ Once an arrow is visible, the light applies EXCLUSIVELY to the direction the arrow indicates.
- An illuminated bicycle image in the traffic light also applies to drivers who want to turn right.
- On a green light you may always enter the junction, even if the far side is already jammed with stationary traffic.
- On a yellow light you must always stop, even if you have already approached the junction too closely to brake safely.
Correct answer: Once an arrow is visible, the light applies EXCLUSIVELY to the direction the arrow indicates.
Explanation
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
Why learners get this wrong
- The bicycle light applies to cyclists, moped riders on a cycle/moped path and drivers of a mobility scooter, not to other traffic. The driver follows their own light
- 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
- 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
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