A flashing yellow arrow in traffic signals means that you can turn left, but you must yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians.
Flashing traffic lights are used when the control system is not functioning properly, or when there is very low level traffic (to the point that lights become unnecessary).
The different colors of lights commonly used in traffic signals are red, yellow, and green.
There are three types of traffic lights viz., red ,yellow,green. While red signals dead stop,the yellow signals slow movement and green signals free movement.The traffic signals are shown by green arrows,depicting movement of traffic like,right hand,left hand or straight forward.
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low traffic flow in rural areas
low traffic flow in rural areas
When approaching a flashing yellow traffic signal, you should proceed with caution and be prepared to yield to oncoming traffic or pedestrians.
A flashing red traffic light is used the same way as a stop sign. You treat a flashing red traffic light the same way you do as a stop sign. If the traffic light is "blacked-out", it's to be treated as an all-way stop. What I do when I come up to a flashing red traffic light, I look at the cross-traffic signals to see if they're also flashing red, or if they're flashing yellow to see if they stop or if they don't stop.
When you encounter a traffic signal with a flashing yellow arrow, you should proceed with caution and yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians before making your turn.
The flashing yellow lights means proceed with caution.
Vehicles approaching a school bus with its yellow lights flashing must stop.