You come to an intersection with a flashing red light. You must:
- Slow down and drive carefully through the intersection.
- Turn either right or left, since the road is blocked ahead.
- Stop at the intersection and wait for a flashing green light.
- Stop at the intersection, then proceed as traffic allows. ✓
Answer: D. Stop at the intersection, then proceed as traffic allows.
Stop at the intersection, then proceed as traffic allows.
Why this is the answer
The Florida handbook lists a flashing red light among signal lights and says to handle it the same way as a stop sign: come to a stop, then continue only when it is safe. That is why the correct choice is to stop first and then proceed as traffic allows. The signal is used at dangerous intersections, so treating it as a stop sign makes you check for cross traffic before entering.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Slow down and drive carefully through the intersection. — A flashing red is not a warning to just slow down; the handbook says to stop as you would at a stop sign before going on.
- B. Turn either right or left, since the road is blocked ahead. — Nothing in the flashing red rule says the road ahead is blocked or that you must turn; it only requires a stop and a safe proceed.
- C. Stop at the intersection and wait for a flashing green light. — There is no instruction to wait for a flashing green light; a flashing red is handled like a stop sign, then you proceed when safe.
Remember it
Pair the color with the action: red always means stop first, and flashing means check traffic before moving.