Ontario M1: Traffic lights and pedestrian signals

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1. You face a flashing green light. What may you do?

   1. Only go straight, after yielding to the left
   2. Turn left, go straight or turn right from the proper lane
   3. Stop, because the signal is not working
   4. Only turn left, because oncoming traffic has green

2. Your light is red but shows a green arrow pointing left. What might drivers coming toward you be doing?

   1. Turning right on a red light
   2. Waiting with no signal at all
   3. Turning left at the same time as you
   4. Going straight on their own green

3. A pedestrian on the curb faces a flashing orange hand symbol. What does it mean for them?

   1. They should cross only halfway
   2. They may cross if no cars are turning
   3. They must not start to cross
   4. They may cross quickly

4. A single flashing yellow beacon hangs over a warning sign. What does it tell you?

   1. The road is closed ahead
   2. Drive with caution
   3. Yield to traffic from the right
   4. Stop before going on

5. The light ahead turns yellow as you approach. What should you do?

   1. Keep going at the same speed
   2. Speed up to clear before the red
   3. Stop if you can do so safely
   4. Stop at once, even if braking hard

6. You have a green light and want to turn right. Who must you yield to first?

   1. Pedestrians crossing and vehicles already in the intersection
   2. Only cyclists riding in a bike lane
   3. No one, because the green light gives you the full right-of-way
   4. Only vehicles approaching from your left

7. You have a green light and the hand symbol appears while someone is halfway across. Who has the right-of-way?

   1. Whoever reached the crosswalk first, pedestrian or vehicle
   2. The pedestrian, until they reach a safe area
   3. You, once the hand symbol is steady
   4. You, because your light is green

8. You are first in the left-turn lane and the green arrow turns to a yellow arrow before you move. What now?

   1. Turn as long as nobody is coming
   2. Hurry through before the red
   3. Back up to clear the intersection
   4. Hold back, and stop if you safely can

9. At an intersection with separate left-turn lights, your arrow has ended and through traffic now has green. May you begin your left turn?

   1. Yes, once oncoming traffic has cleared
   2. Only if you are already past the stop line
   3. No, you must wait for the next left-turn arrow
   4. Yes, if you yield to pedestrians first

10. You are stopped at a red light on a one-way street and want to turn left onto another one-way street. Is it allowed?

    1. No, left turns on red are never allowed
    2. Yes, after a full stop, when the way is clear
    3. Yes, without stopping if the road is clear
    4. Only once a green arrow appears

11. A busy main road has an intersection pedestrian signal with push buttons. What controls the quieter side street?

    1. A crossing guard
    2. Stop signs
    3. Its own traffic lights
    4. Yield signs

12. What must you do at a flashing red light?

    1. Stop only if traffic is coming
    2. Slow down and go with caution, yielding to traffic
    3. Come to a full stop, then go only when safe
    4. Wait until the light turns green

13. You are stopped at a red light with no sign against turning. When may you turn right?

    1. After a full stop, once the way is clear
    2. Without stopping, if the road is empty
    3. Never while the light is red
    4. Only when a green arrow appears

14. A round signal above the traffic light shows a white vertical bar. What does it mean?

    1. Pedestrians may start to cross
    2. Bicycles may cross the intersection before other traffic
    3. Transit vehicles may proceed while others face red
    4. Emergency vehicles are approaching

15. You are in the intersection waiting to turn left on a green light when it turns red. What do you do?

    1. Back up behind the stop line
    2. Complete the turn when it is safe
    3. Go straight through instead
    4. Stay in the intersection until the next green

16. A pedestrian is waiting at the corner while your signal shows a flashing green. May they start to cross?

    1. No, pedestrians may never cross there
    2. Yes, if no vehicles are turning
    3. Yes, flashing green means walk
    4. Only if a pedestrian signal tells them to

17. The signal heads at an intersection are completely dark after a storm knocked out power. What rule applies?

    1. Treat it like a green light
    2. Nobody has to stop
    3. Treat it like an all-way stop
    4. Treat it like a yield sign