A traffic light displaying a green arrow and a red light means that:
- You may only drive straight ahead.
- You may drive only in the direction of the green arrow. ✓
- You must wait for a solid green light to proceed in any direction.
- Vehicles moving in any direction must stop.
Answer: B. You may drive only in the direction of the green arrow.
A green arrow shown with a red light means you may drive only in the direction of the green arrow, and only if the intersection is clear.
Why this is the answer
The handbook describes a red light as a stop signal, then gives an exception for a green arrow displayed with it. In that case, you may go toward the arrow, and you may do so only when the intersection is clear. That makes the arrow a limited permission to travel in the arrow's direction while the rest of the red signal still applies. The answer follows directly from that wording.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. You may only drive straight ahead. — Driving straight ahead is not what the green arrow authorizes; it authorizes travel in the direction the arrow points, which may be a turn.
- C. You must wait for a solid green light to proceed in any direction. — You do not have to wait for a solid green light, because the handbook says a green arrow shown with the red light lets you go toward the arrow when the intersection is clear.
- D. Vehicles moving in any direction must stop. — Not all vehicles must stop, since traffic going in the green arrow's direction is allowed to proceed if the intersection is clear.
Remember it
Red says stop, but the green arrow is a narrow permission slip: it covers just the direction it points.