NY Driver's Manual questions phrased with the actual answers.
Signs: Basic Overview ANS - Traffic signs tell you about traffic rules, special hazards, where you are, how to get to where you are going, and where services are available. The shape and color of traffic signs give indications to the type of information they provide.
Regulation Signs ANS - Are normally white rectangles with black letters or symbols, but some are different shapes, and some can use red letters or symbols.
Warning Signs ANS - Normally are yellow and diamond shaped, with black letters or symbols.
Destination Signs ANS - Are green with white letters and symbols. Show the direction and distance to locations.
Service Signs ANS - Are blue with white letters and symbols. Show the location of services, like rest areas, gas stations, camping and medical facilities.
Stop Sign ANS - Red with white letters. Means to come to a full stop, yield the right-of-way to vehicles and pedestrians in or heading toward the intersection. Go when it is safe. You must come to a stop before the stop line, if there is one. If not, you must stop before you enter the crosswalk. If there is no stop line or crosswalk, you must stop before you enter the intersection, at the point nearest the intersection that gives you a view of traffic on the intersecting roadway.
Yield Sign ANS - Red and white with red letters. Means to decrease speed as you reach the intersection. Prepare to stop and yield the right-of-way to vehicles and pedestrians in or heading toward the intersection. You must come to a full stop at a YIELD sign if traffic conditions require it. When you approach a YIELD sign, check carefully for traffic and be prepared to stop.
Other Regulation Signs ANS - White with black and/or red letters or symbols. These signs give information about rules for traffic direction, lane use, turns, speed, parking and other special requirements. Some regulation signs have a red circle with a slash over a symbol. This indicates that an action, like a right turn, is not allowed or that some vehicles are restricted from the road. Rectangular white signs with black or red letters or symbols are indications to be alert for special rules.
Work Area Signs ANS - Yellow with black letters or symbols. Means you are approaching a hazardous location or a location where there is a special rule, as shown in the sample signs. Sometimes a warning sign is joined with a yellow and black "recommended speed" sign. This indicates reduced speed is advised in that area.
Stop ANS - Proceed ANS - Slow ANS - Route Signs ANS - Varied colors. Indicate interstate, U.S., state or county routes. The shape tells you the type of route you are on. The sample signs, left to right, are for state, U.S., and interstate routes. When you plan a trip, use a highway map to decide which routes to take. During the trip, watch for destination signs so you will not get lost, or have to turn or stop suddenly.
Traffic Lights: Basic Overview ANS - Traffic lights are normally red, yellow and green from the top to bottom or left to right. At some intersections, there are lone red, yellow or green lights. Some traffic lights are steady, others flash. Some are round, and some are arrows. State law requires that if the traffic lights or controls are out of service or does not operate correctly when you approach an intersection, you must come to a stop as you would for a stop sign. You must then continue according to
the rules of right-of-way, unless you are told to continue by a traffic officer.
Steady Red ANS - Stop. Do not go until the light is green. If a green arrow is shown with the red light, you can go toward the arrow and only if the intersection is clear. You can make a right turn at a steady red light after you come to a full stop and yield the right-of-way to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. You
can make a left turn at a steady red light when you turn from a one-way road into another one-way road
after you come to a full stop and yield the right-of-way to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. You cannot make a turn at a red light if there is a NO TURN ON RED sign posted or another sign, signal or pavement marking prevents the turn. You are not allowed to turn on a red light in New York City unless a sign that permits it is posted. The driver of a school bus containing pupils cannot turn right on any red light. Flashing Red ANS - Means the same as a STOP sign: Stop, yield the right-of-way, and go when it is safe.
Red Arrow ANS - Do not go in the direction of the arrow until the red arrow light is off and a green light or arrow light goes on. A right or left turn on red is not permitted at a red arrow.
Steady Yellow ANS - The light will change from green to red. Be prepared to stop for the red light.
Flashing Yellow ANS - Drive with caution.
Yellow Arrow ANS - The protection of a green arrow will end. If you intend to turn in the direction of the
arrow, be prepared to stop.
Steady Green ANS - Go, but yield the right-of-way to other traffic at the intersection as required by law
Green Arrow ANS - You can go in the direction of the arrow, but you must yield the right-of-way to other traffic at the intersection as required by law
Steady Red X ANS - Do not drive in this lane.
Steady Yellow X ANS - Move from this lane.
Flashing Yellow X ANS - This lane can only be used for a left turn.
Green Arrow (Lane Use Control Lights) ANS - You can use this lane.
Pavement Markings: Basic Overview ANS - Lines and symbols on the roadway divide lanes and tell you when you can pass other vehicles or change lanes. They also tell you which lanes to use for turns and where you must stop for signs or traffic signals. The arrows on these illustrations show the direction of traffic. Edge and Lane Lines ANS - Solid lines along the side of the road tell you where its edge is - where the travel lane ends and the shoulder begins. It is illegal to drive across the edge line, except when told to by
a police officer or other authorized official or when allowed by an official sign. An edge line that angles toward the center of the road shows that the road is narrower ahead. Lines that separate lanes of traffic
that moves in the same direction are white. Lines that separate traffic that moves in opposite directions are yellow. There may be two lines between lanes and lines can be solid or broken.
One Broken Line ANS - You can pass other vehicles or change lanes if you can do so safely without interfering with traffic.
Solid Line with Broken Line ANS - If you are on the side with the solid line, you cannot pass other vehicles or go across the line except to make a left turn into a driveway. If you are on the side with the broken line, you can pass if it is safe to and you will not interfere with traffic.
Double Solid Lines ANS - You can not pass or change lanes. You cannot go across the lines except to turn
left to enter or leave the highway (e.g., to or from a driveway or to do a U-turn)
One Solid Line ANS - You can pass other vehicles or change lanes, but you can only do so when obstructions in the road or traffic conditions make it necessary.
Stop and Crosswalk Lines ANS - At an intersection controlled by a STOP sign, YIELD sign or traffic light, there can be a white stop line painted across the lane, and/ or two parallel lines or light, you must reach the stop line, if there is one, or the crosswalk. You need a stop line or crosswalk if required to by a light, sign or traffic officer, or to yield to a pedestrian, in-line skater or scooter at a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
Arrows ANS - Arrows show which lanes you must use. In this illustration, for example, you can turn right
only from the right lane. To go straight, you must use the left lane. You must be in the correct lane before you reach the solid line that separates the lanes.
Diamond Symbol ANS - This symbol indicates reserved lanes for buses, HOV (High Occupancy Vehicles) like car-pools and van-pools, bicycles or other special vehicles. You cannot enter and use these lanes unless your vehicle complies with the occupancy or other requirements indicated by signs for the times the special conditions are in effect. When used to designate reserved lanes on city streets, sections of the solid white line that separates the diamond lanes from the normal lanes can be replaced by broken white lines. In these locations, non-HOV can enter the HOV lane if they make a right turn at the next
Signs: Basic Overview ANS - Traffic signs tell you about traffic rules, special hazards, where you are, how to get to where you are going, and where services are available. The shape and color of traffic signs give indications to the type of information they provide.
Regulation Signs ANS - Are normally white rectangles with black letters or symbols, but some are different shapes, and some can use red letters or symbols.
Warning Signs ANS - Normally are yellow and diamond shaped, with black letters or symbols.
Destination Signs ANS - Are green with white letters and symbols. Show the direction and distance to locations.
Service Signs ANS - Are blue with white letters and symbols. Show the location of services, like rest areas, gas stations, camping and medical facilities.
Stop Sign ANS - Red with white letters. Means to come to a full stop, yield the right-of-way to vehicles and pedestrians in or heading toward the intersection. Go when it is safe. You must come to a stop before the stop line, if there is one. If not, you must stop before you enter the crosswalk. If there is no stop line or crosswalk, you must stop before you enter the intersection, at the point nearest the intersection that gives you a view of traffic on the intersecting roadway.
Yield Sign ANS - Red and white with red letters. Means to decrease speed as you reach the intersection. Prepare to stop and yield the right-of-way to vehicles and pedestrians in or heading toward the intersection. You must come to a full stop at a YIELD sign if traffic conditions require it. When you approach a YIELD sign, check carefully for traffic and be prepared to stop.
Other Regulation Signs ANS - White with black and/or red letters or symbols. These signs give information about rules for traffic direction, lane use, turns, speed, parking and other special requirements. Some regulation signs have a red circle with a slash over a symbol. This indicates that an action, like a right turn, is not allowed or that some vehicles are restricted from the road. Rectangular white signs with black or red letters or symbols are indications to be alert for special rules.
Work Area Signs ANS - Yellow with black letters or symbols. Means you are approaching a hazardous location or a location where there is a special rule, as shown in the sample signs. Sometimes a warning sign is joined with a yellow and black "recommended speed" sign. This indicates reduced speed is advised in that area.
Stop ANS - Proceed ANS - Slow ANS - Route Signs ANS - Varied colors. Indicate interstate, U.S., state or county routes. The shape tells you the type of route you are on. The sample signs, left to right, are for state, U.S., and interstate routes. When you plan a trip, use a highway map to decide which routes to take. During the trip, watch for destination signs so you will not get lost, or have to turn or stop suddenly.
Traffic Lights: Basic Overview ANS - Traffic lights are normally red, yellow and green from the top to bottom or left to right. At some intersections, there are lone red, yellow or green lights. Some traffic lights are steady, others flash. Some are round, and some are arrows. State law requires that if the traffic lights or controls are out of service or does not operate correctly when you approach an intersection, you must come to a stop as you would for a stop sign. You must then continue according to
the rules of right-of-way, unless you are told to continue by a traffic officer.
Steady Red ANS - Stop. Do not go until the light is green. If a green arrow is shown with the red light, you can go toward the arrow and only if the intersection is clear. You can make a right turn at a steady red light after you come to a full stop and yield the right-of-way to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. You
can make a left turn at a steady red light when you turn from a one-way road into another one-way road
after you come to a full stop and yield the right-of-way to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. You cannot make a turn at a red light if there is a NO TURN ON RED sign posted or another sign, signal or pavement marking prevents the turn. You are not allowed to turn on a red light in New York City unless a sign that permits it is posted. The driver of a school bus containing pupils cannot turn right on any red light. Flashing Red ANS - Means the same as a STOP sign: Stop, yield the right-of-way, and go when it is safe.
Red Arrow ANS - Do not go in the direction of the arrow until the red arrow light is off and a green light or arrow light goes on. A right or left turn on red is not permitted at a red arrow.
Steady Yellow ANS - The light will change from green to red. Be prepared to stop for the red light.
Flashing Yellow ANS - Drive with caution.
Yellow Arrow ANS - The protection of a green arrow will end. If you intend to turn in the direction of the
arrow, be prepared to stop.
Steady Green ANS - Go, but yield the right-of-way to other traffic at the intersection as required by law
Green Arrow ANS - You can go in the direction of the arrow, but you must yield the right-of-way to other traffic at the intersection as required by law
Steady Red X ANS - Do not drive in this lane.
Steady Yellow X ANS - Move from this lane.
Flashing Yellow X ANS - This lane can only be used for a left turn.
Green Arrow (Lane Use Control Lights) ANS - You can use this lane.
Pavement Markings: Basic Overview ANS - Lines and symbols on the roadway divide lanes and tell you when you can pass other vehicles or change lanes. They also tell you which lanes to use for turns and where you must stop for signs or traffic signals. The arrows on these illustrations show the direction of traffic. Edge and Lane Lines ANS - Solid lines along the side of the road tell you where its edge is - where the travel lane ends and the shoulder begins. It is illegal to drive across the edge line, except when told to by
a police officer or other authorized official or when allowed by an official sign. An edge line that angles toward the center of the road shows that the road is narrower ahead. Lines that separate lanes of traffic
that moves in the same direction are white. Lines that separate traffic that moves in opposite directions are yellow. There may be two lines between lanes and lines can be solid or broken.
One Broken Line ANS - You can pass other vehicles or change lanes if you can do so safely without interfering with traffic.
Solid Line with Broken Line ANS - If you are on the side with the solid line, you cannot pass other vehicles or go across the line except to make a left turn into a driveway. If you are on the side with the broken line, you can pass if it is safe to and you will not interfere with traffic.
Double Solid Lines ANS - You can not pass or change lanes. You cannot go across the lines except to turn
left to enter or leave the highway (e.g., to or from a driveway or to do a U-turn)
One Solid Line ANS - You can pass other vehicles or change lanes, but you can only do so when obstructions in the road or traffic conditions make it necessary.
Stop and Crosswalk Lines ANS - At an intersection controlled by a STOP sign, YIELD sign or traffic light, there can be a white stop line painted across the lane, and/ or two parallel lines or light, you must reach the stop line, if there is one, or the crosswalk. You need a stop line or crosswalk if required to by a light, sign or traffic officer, or to yield to a pedestrian, in-line skater or scooter at a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
Arrows ANS - Arrows show which lanes you must use. In this illustration, for example, you can turn right
only from the right lane. To go straight, you must use the left lane. You must be in the correct lane before you reach the solid line that separates the lanes.
Diamond Symbol ANS - This symbol indicates reserved lanes for buses, HOV (High Occupancy Vehicles) like car-pools and van-pools, bicycles or other special vehicles. You cannot enter and use these lanes unless your vehicle complies with the occupancy or other requirements indicated by signs for the times the special conditions are in effect. When used to designate reserved lanes on city streets, sections of the solid white line that separates the diamond lanes from the normal lanes can be replaced by broken white lines. In these locations, non-HOV can enter the HOV lane if they make a right turn at the next
