You are required to stop your vehicle:
- At any intersection where a police officer orders you to stop.
- Where there is a red traffic light.
- Both of the above. ✓
Answer: C. Both of the above.
You must stop in both situations: when a police officer orders you to stop at an intersection and when you face a red traffic light.
Why this is the answer
Both situations require you to stop. The handbook says a solid red traffic signal means stop. It also says you must obey any direction, order, or signal from a law enforcement officer, and follow those orders even when they conflict with existing signs, signals, or laws. So a police officer directing you to stop at an intersection is a stop requirement, and a red light is a stop requirement too. Choosing only one of these leaves out the other.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. At any intersection where a police officer orders you to stop. — Stopping only when a police officer orders you to stop is incomplete, because a red traffic light also requires you to stop.
- B. Where there is a red traffic light. — Stopping only at a red traffic light is incomplete, because you must also obey a police officer's order to stop at an intersection.
Remember it
Picture a red light and an officer's order as two separate stop signs.