What does a flashing yellow light mean?
- Merging traffic
- Proceed with caution ✓
- Pedestrian crossing
- Come to a full stop
Answer: B. Proceed with caution
A flashing yellow light means proceed with caution.
Why this is the answer
The New York manual's traffic signals chapter lists a flashing yellow light and says to drive with caution. That is exactly what the bank answer says. The same section gives a different rule for a flashing red light, which means stop and yield. The passages do not describe flashing yellow as a pedestrian or merging signal, so the cautious-driving meaning is the supported one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Merging traffic — The handbook passages do not describe a flashing yellow light as a merging-traffic signal.
- C. Pedestrian crossing — The manual does not connect a flashing yellow light with a pedestrian crossing in these passages.
- D. Come to a full stop — A full stop and yield is what the manual assigns to a flashing red light, not a flashing yellow one.
Remember it
When yellow flashes, stay alert and keep moving carefully; save the full stop for flashing red.