When approaching an intersection controlled by a flashing yellow light, you must:
- Come to a complete stop at the intersection.
- Maintain your normal speed.
- Slow down and proceed with caution. ✓
Answer: C. Slow down and proceed with caution.
You should slow down and proceed through the flashing yellow light with caution.
Why this is the answer
The handbook calls a flashing yellow signal a warning to go ahead carefully. It tells drivers to reduce speed and stay alert, and it says a stop is not required. So the right response is to ease off the gas and keep watching as you enter the intersection, not to halt or to keep your usual speed. The passage gives no other condition for this signal.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Come to a complete stop at the intersection. — A flashing yellow light does not require a complete stop; the handbook says you do not need to stop at it, so treating it like a stop sign is wrong.
- B. Maintain your normal speed. — Keeping your normal speed ignores the handbook's warning to slow down and be alert at a flashing yellow signal.
Remember it
Think yellow flash: foot off the gas, eyes on the road, no full stop.