Traffic signals sometimes display arrows to control turns from specific lanes. A green arrow:
- Is used only on one-way streets.
- Has the same meaning as a circular green traffic light, but traffic must turn in the direction indicated by the arrow. ✓
- Means that you may proceed, but only if the green arrow is accompanied by a circular green light.
- Points the way to an airport.
Answer: B. Has the same meaning as a circular green traffic light, but traffic must turn in the direction indicated by the arrow.
A green arrow means you may proceed with the same general permission as a circular green light, but you must turn in the direction the arrow points.
Why this is the answer
The Florida handbook's signal section says that on a green arrow you may make a turn in the direction of the arrow. It also tells you to yield to vehicles and pedestrians in the intersection, and if a red light is on at the same time, to be in the correct lane for that turn. That matches the bank answer: the arrow permits the turn, and the arrow's direction controls which way you go.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Is used only on one-way streets. — A green arrow is not limited to one-way streets; the handbook ties it to making the turn shown by the arrow and to yielding in the intersection.
- C. Means that you may proceed, but only if the green arrow is accompanied by a circular green light. — The handbook does not say a green arrow requires a circular green light at the same time; it describes the green arrow as allowing the turn in the arrow's direction.
- D. Points the way to an airport. — A green arrow is a traffic signal for a turn, not a sign pointing toward an airport; the handbook lists it under traffic signals and turn movements.
Remember it
Read the arrow as a direction instruction: green lets you go, and the arrow tells you which way you must turn.