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Free traffic-signal questions →A turn on steady red starts with a full stop
At a steady red, stop and remain stopped unless a permitted turn applies. SGI allows a right turn after stopping and yielding to pedestrians and traffic where a sign does not prohibit it. It also describes a left turn from one one-way street into another after the same stop and yield checks.
The one-way detail matters. Do not replace “two one-way streets” with “a quiet intersection” in your reasoning. A red-light turn is conditional permission, not priority over anyone crossing. SGI also prohibits a U-turn at traffic lights unless a sign permits it; a permitted right turn does not imply a permitted U-turn.
Source: SGI handbook — Traffic signals ↗Steady amber and flashing amber need different decisions
For a steady amber light, stop before entering the crosswalk if you can do so safely. If you have already entered or cannot stop safely, proceed cautiously. The question should be answered from the vehicle’s position and ability to stop, not from a general preference to accelerate or brake abruptly.
A flashing amber light means proceed with caution. A flashing red light requires a complete stop before proceeding when safe. Do not apply the flashing-amber response to steady amber, or treat the flashing red as an ordinary green. The flash pattern is part of the instruction.
Source: SGI handbook — Traffic signals ↗Read the arrow together with the other light
A solid green arrow beside red permits movement in the arrow’s direction after yielding to other vehicles and pedestrians. A flashing green left arrow also permits travel in its direction. Permission for one turn is not permission to go straight against a red light.
SGI explains that an amber arrow may follow the left-turn arrow before green appears for both directions. Watch the signal phase rather than assume the protected turn continues. Look through the crossing and confirm that the intended movement can be completed safely.
Source: SGI handbook — Traffic signals ↗Use the display to rule out the tempting answer
Original signal decisions
You face red with a solid green right arrow while someone is lawfully crossing your intended path. The arrow identifies the allowed direction; yielding still comes first. “Green arrow means no need to look” leaves out a condition.
You approach a steady amber while far enough away to stop safely before the crosswalk. Stop. The answer “amber always means continue carefully” confuses a steady light with a flashing one.
You want to turn left on red from a two-way road into a one-way street. The SGI exception described here is for two one-way streets; those are not the facts of this case. Do not import an exception from another province.