A flashing yellow light at an intersection means that you should:
- Slow down and proceed with care. ✓
- Continue normally through the intersection.
- Stop and proceed when a green light appears.
- Stop and proceed when the way is clear.
Answer: A. Slow down and proceed with care.
A flashing yellow light means you should slow down and go through the intersection with care.
Why this is the answer
The handbook describes the flashing yellow light as a signal used at or just before dangerous intersections, and also to warn you about things like a school crossing or a sharp curve. Its instruction for this light is to proceed with caution. Because the light is warning you about a risky spot ahead, the right response is to ease off the gas and move through carefully rather than treating it as a stop or ignoring it entirely.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Continue normally through the intersection. — Continuing normally skips the caution the handbook calls for; a flashing yellow is placed where you need to slow and watch for danger, so driving as if nothing changed is wrong.
- C. Stop and proceed when a green light appears. — A flashing yellow never asks you to stop and wait for a green light; that describes a normal red light cycle, not a flashing signal.
- D. Stop and proceed when the way is clear. — Stopping and going when clear is what the handbook says to do at a flashing red light at dangerous intersections, not a flashing yellow.
Remember it
Yellow flashing means the light is warning you, not commanding you: lift off the gas, look around, and roll through alert.