Traffic lights out of service
A free practice question for the New York permit test, with the answer explained.
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You reach an intersection where the traffic lights are not working. What must you do?
The rule
If the traffic lights are out or not working when you reach an intersection, stop as you would at a STOP sign, then go by the right-of-way rules unless a traffic officer directs you.
When traffic lights are out, stop as you would at a STOP sign. Then follow the right-of-way rules, unless a traffic officer tells you to go.
From the New York State Driver's Manual, page 30. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
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