When approaching a traffic signal displaying a steady yellow arrow, drivers:
- Should merge into a lane in the direction of the arrow.
- Should slow to a stop, if it is safe to do so. ✓
- May turn left after yielding to oncoming traffic and pedestrians.
- Have the right-of-way and may expect oncoming traffic to stop for them.
Answer: B. Should slow to a stop, if it is safe to do so.
When a traffic signal shows a steady yellow arrow, slow to a stop if it is safe to do so.
Why this is the answer
The handbook explains that a steady yellow light is a caution signal warning that the light is about to turn red. It says you must stop before the nearest crosswalk if you can do so safely, and if you cannot stop safely you may continue cautiously. The passages do not name a steady yellow arrow directly, but the same yellow caution rule is the closest support: treat it as a warning to stop when stopping is safe rather than as permission to turn.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Should merge into a lane in the direction of the arrow. — A steady yellow arrow does not tell you to merge into the arrow's lane; the handbook's yellow-light rule is about stopping safely, not changing lanes.
- C. May turn left after yielding to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. — Turning left after yielding describes a flashing yellow arrow for left turns, not a steady yellow arrow.
- D. Have the right-of-way and may expect oncoming traffic to stop for them. — Nothing in the passages gives a yellow arrow the right-of-way or says oncoming traffic must stop for you; a green arrow even requires yielding to other vehicles and pedestrians.
Remember it
Yellow is a warning, not a go-ahead: plan to stop, and only keep moving if stopping would be unsafe.
Official handbook: Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), Chapter 4: Right-of-Way , p. 25