You are coming to an intersection with a flashing yellow light. You should:
- Stop and wait for the light to change.
- Make a U-turn because the intersection is closed.
- Drive carefully through the intersection. ✓
- Prepare to stop; the light is about to turn red.
Answer: C. Drive carefully through the intersection.
Drive carefully through the intersection; a flashing yellow light means proceed with caution.
Why this is the answer
The Florida handbook lists flashing yellow lights as signals used at or just before dangerous intersections, or to alert you to a warning sign such as a school crossing or sharp curve. Its instruction for this signal is to proceed with caution. That matches driving carefully through the intersection rather than treating the light as a stop signal or as a warning that the light is about to turn red.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Stop and wait for the light to change. — A flashing yellow light is not a stop signal, so stopping and waiting for it to change is not what the handbook directs.
- B. Make a U-turn because the intersection is closed. — The handbook does not describe a flashing yellow light as meaning the intersection is closed or that a U-turn is required.
- D. Prepare to stop; the light is about to turn red. — A warning to prepare to stop applies to a steady yellow light, not the flashing yellow signal described in the handbook.
Remember it
Flashing yellow: ease off, look, and go through with caution; do not treat it like a stop sign.