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What to do at every kind of traffic light, including New York City's rule on turning at a red light, lane-use lights over the road, your turn signals, when headlights must be on and when to dim your high beams.

Each question below covers one rule from the New York State Driver's Manual. Answer it, see why the other answers are wrong, and follow the link to the manual page.

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15 questions

  1. Steady red: stop; right turn may followYou're outside New York City, stopped at this light. No signs are posted. What may you do?
  2. Red arrow: no turnWhat does this red arrow mean?
  3. Flashing red: like a STOP signWhat does this flashing light mean?
  4. Flashing yellow: drive with cautionWhat does this flashing yellow light tell you?
  5. Low beams within 500 feet of oncoming trafficWhen must you switch to low beams for a car coming toward you?
  6. Low beams within 200 feet of a vehicle aheadWithin how many feet of a vehicle ahead of you must you use low beams?
  7. Signal 100 feet before a turn or lane changeBy law, how far ahead of a turn must your signal start?
  8. Signal 100 feet before an expressway exitWhen should you signal that you're leaving an expressway?
  9. Traffic lights out of serviceYou reach an intersection where the traffic lights are not working. What must you do?
  10. Steady yellow: red is comingWhat does this steady light mean?
  11. When headlights are requiredThe law requires headlights from half an hour after sunset until when?
  12. Low beams in rain, fog and snowWhich headlights should you use in fog, rain or falling snow?
  13. No turn on red in New York CityYou're stopped at a red light in Manhattan. No signs. Can you turn right?
  14. Lane-use control lightsA steady red X is lit above a lane. What does it mean?
  15. Yellow arrow: protection is endingWhat does this yellow arrow mean?

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