Traffic signals sometimes display arrows to control turns from specific lanes. A green arrow:
- Is used only on one-way streets.
- Has the same meaning as a circular green traffic light, but traffic must turn in the direction indicated by the arrow. ✓
- Means that you may proceed, but only if the green arrow is accompanied by a circular green light.
- Points the way to an airport.
Answer: B. Has the same meaning as a circular green traffic light, but traffic must turn in the direction indicated by the arrow.
A green arrow has the same meaning as a circular green light, but you must turn in the direction the arrow points.
Why this is the answer
The Texas handbook describes a green arrow as permission to proceed in the direction of the arrow, and it says a steady green light lets a driver proceed when it is safe. Together, those passages support treating a green arrow as a green signal limited to the turn it shows. The handbook does not say the arrow requires a circular green light beside it, and it does not limit arrows to one-way streets. The passage does not use the exact phrase "same meaning as a circular green light," so the match is supported by the direction rule rather than a direct sentence.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Is used only on one-way streets. — The handbook does not restrict green arrows to one-way streets; it discusses them as signals for proceeding in the arrow's direction.
- C. Means that you may proceed, but only if the green arrow is accompanied by a circular green light. — A green arrow is not described as needing a circular green light; the handbook even discusses a green arrow appearing with a red light.
- D. Points the way to an airport. — An arrow is a traffic signal for the direction you may travel, not a sign pointing to an airport; the downward green arrow in the handbook is a lane-use signal.
Remember it
An arrow tells you which way you may go, not that you can go any way.