If traffic signals at an intersection are not functioning due to a power outage:
- Park your vehicle as far off the road as possible and wait for power to be restored.
- Use hand signals to indicate your intentions to other drivers.
- Turn on your hazard lights and proceed through the intersection without stopping.
- Treat the intersection as a four-way stop. ✓
Answer: D. Treat the intersection as a four-way stop.
When the signals are dead because of a power outage, treat the intersection as a four-way stop.
Why this is the answer
The handbook covers this twice. It says that when a signal is out of order and no officer is directing traffic, you should treat the light or intersection as a four-way stop sign. The power outage section repeats it and adds the order of movement: vehicles go through in the order they arrived, and if two arrive at the same time, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Park your vehicle as far off the road as possible and wait for power to be restored. — Pulling off the road and waiting is not what the handbook asks for; it tells you to keep moving through the intersection as a four-way stop.
- B. Use hand signals to indicate your intentions to other drivers. — Hand signals are not the rule here; the handbook points you to the four-way stop procedure when signals are dead.
- C. Turn on your hazard lights and proceed through the intersection without stopping. — Hazard lights do not replace a stop, and the handbook says to go through in the order you arrived, not to roll through without stopping.
Remember it
Dead signal, no officer? Picture a stop sign hanging over every approach.