A flashing yellow light at an intersection means that you should:
- Slow down and proceed with care. ✓
- Continue normally through the intersection.
- Stop and proceed when a green light appears.
- Stop and proceed when the way is clear.
Answer: A. Slow down and proceed with care.
A flashing yellow light means you should slow down and proceed with care.
Why this is the answer
The Texas handbook says a flashing yellow light warns drivers to slow down and proceed with caution. That matches slowing down and proceeding with care. The signal is a warning, not a stop command: the handbook does not say you must stop for a flashing yellow. It also does not mean you can just continue at normal speed; the warning calls for you to reduce speed and stay alert as you go through.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Continue normally through the intersection. — Continuing normally ignores the handbook's warning to slow down and use caution at a flashing yellow light.
- C. Stop and proceed when a green light appears. — A flashing yellow light does not require you to stop and wait for a green light; the handbook describes it as a warning to slow down and proceed with caution.
- D. Stop and proceed when the way is clear. — The handbook does not say to stop for a flashing yellow light; it says to slow down and proceed with caution, so stopping and waiting for a clear way is not the rule described.
Remember it
Think yellow means ease off, not stop: slow down, check the intersection, and go through with care.
Official handbook: Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), Chapter 4: Right-of-Way , p. 25