If a green arrow turns into a solid green light, you:
- May still turn, but you must yield to oncoming traffic. ✓
- May no longer turn and must proceed straight.
- Still have the right-of-way to turn.
- No longer have to turn in the direction that the arrow indicated.
Answer: A. May still turn, but you must yield to oncoming traffic.
You may still turn, but you must yield to oncoming traffic.
Why this is the answer
Once the arrow ends, the protected turn is over, so a left turn is no longer shielded from opposing cars. The handbook says a green arrow lets you proceed into the intersection while oncoming traffic is stopped, and it separately says you can turn left on a green light only after yielding to all traffic approaching from the opposite direction. A steady green light also allows you to turn unless another sign or signal forbids it. So you can still make the turn, but you must give way to oncoming traffic.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. May no longer turn and must proceed straight. — A steady green light does not forbid turning; the handbook says you may turn on green unless another sign or signal prohibits it.
- C. Still have the right-of-way to turn. — You no longer have the arrow's protection, so the right-of-way belongs to oncoming traffic, not you.
- D. No longer have to turn in the direction that the arrow indicated. — The end of the arrow does not close off the turn direction; a solid green still lets you turn that way, but you must yield instead of being protected.
Remember it
Think: arrow means protected, round green means turn if clear but let oncoming traffic go first.
Official handbook: Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), Chapter 4: Right-of-Way , p. 25