US Permit Test — Signals & Pavement Markings flashcards
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Traffic signals and arrows, flashing and dark signals, pedestrian and lane-use signals, yellow and white lines, special lanes, stop and yield lines, hand signals, and officers' and flaggers' directions as asked on permit tests; national rules only.
Practice deck · part of US driver's permit test — national core · written against: Signs per the FHWA MUTCD 11th Edition with Revision 1 (December 2025), whose figures for these signs are unchanged from December 2023; rules of the road common to every state handbook, cross-checked against the California (2025), Texas (January 2026) and Florida (08/2023) handbooks; figures that vary by state are left to the state folders. Updated 2026-10-10.
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You approach this signal. What does it require?
A) Come to a complete stop and wait
B) Slow down and go if the way is clear
C) Stop only if cross traffic is present
D) Stop only briefly, then go straightA) Come to a complete stop and waitSteady Signals
A steady red means stop and remain stopped until a green light or arrow releases you; the only exception is a permitted turn on red after a full stop. -
What does this signal require?
A) Slow down and proceed with caution
B) Stop and wait until the flashing ends
C) Stop fully, yield, then proceed when clear
D) Yield only to vehicles on your rightC) Stop fully, yield, then proceed when clearFlashing Signals & Dark Signals
A flashing red works exactly like a stop sign. -
This signal is lit above the lane you are driving in. What does it mean?
A) Stop in the lane until it changes
B) The lane is closed only to trucks
C) Merge into that lane; it opens soon
D) Do not drive in that laneD) Do not drive in that laneLane-Use Control Signals
A red X closes the lane beneath it to traffic in your direction; leave it as soon as it is safe. -
What kind of traffic does a yellow center line separate?
A) Traffic moving in the same direction
B) Vehicles from a bicycle lane
C) The travel lane from the shoulder
D) Traffic moving in opposite directionsYellow vs White Lines
D) Traffic moving in opposite directions
A yellow center line marks the boundary between you and oncoming traffic. -
What is the white line across your lane nearest your car?
A) A crosswalk for pedestrians
B) A stop line; stop before it
C) A yield line; slow down
D) A lane-ending markerB) A stop line; stop before itStop & Yield Lines & Crosswalks
The stop line shows where to stop at a red light or stop sign. -
A police officer waves you through on red. What do you do?
A) Follow the officer's directions
B) Wait for green; the signal always rules
C) Stop first, then proceed as at a stop sign
D) Pull over and wait for instructionsA) Follow the officer's directionsOfficers & Flaggers
An officer's hand signals override traffic signals, signs and markings.
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Review status: Second-reader reviewed, with corrections applied.
Checked against:
- Checked against the rules shared by the California Driver's Handbook (2025 online edition), the Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7, revised January 2026) and the Official Florida Driver License Handbook (rev. 08/2023), and the FHWA MUTCD 11th Edition (December 2023, with Revision 1 of December 2025) for signal and marking meanings; wording is original.
- Pictures (the folder's media/): pedestrian signals, lane-use signals and flaggers drawn after the MUTCD 11th Edition's Figures 4I-1, 4T-1 and 6D-1 by tools/draw_signs.mjs (public domain; see media/sources.json); signal faces, pavement markings, plan views and hand signals drawn after the MUTCD by tools/diagrams/us_permit_test_core.py, with the bicycle symbol taken from Figure 9E-1.
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