When approaching a flashing yellow light, drivers should:
- Increase their speed.
- Come to a complete stop.
- Turn on their headlights.
- Slow down and proceed with caution. ✓
Answer: D. Slow down and proceed with caution.
When approaching a flashing yellow light, slow down and proceed with caution.
Why this is the answer
The Florida handbook describes a flashing yellow light as a warning at or near dangerous intersections and also as an alert for things like a school crossing or sharp curve. For that signal it says to proceed with caution. That supports slowing down rather than speeding up or stopping completely. A complete stop belongs to a flashing red light, which the handbook says to treat like a stop sign.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Increase their speed. — Increasing speed is wrong because the handbook tells drivers to proceed with caution at a flashing yellow light, not to go faster.
- B. Come to a complete stop. — A complete stop is the rule the handbook gives for a flashing red light, not a flashing yellow one.
- C. Turn on their headlights. — Turning on headlights is not what the handbook says to do at a flashing yellow light; it only says to proceed with caution.
Remember it
Think yellow flash: ease off and stay ready, not stop and not speed up.