Flashing yellow light: slow down
A free practice question for the South Carolina permit test, with the answer explained.
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What does this flashing yellow light mean?
The rule
A flashing yellow light means slow down and go ahead with caution, ready to stop for traffic entering the intersection.
A flashing yellow light is a warning. Slow down and go on with care, ready to stop for traffic entering the intersection.
From the SCDMV Driver's License Manual, page 6-3. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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