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Difficulty: MediumPedestrian and Bicycle Signals and Markings

While driving on a city roadway, you approach a mid-block crosswalk equipped with a pedestrian-activated Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB). The yellow lights on the beacon begin to flash rapidly. What action are you legally required to take as a driver?

  1. A
    Treat the flashing yellow beacon as a general caution advisory only, maintaining speed without yielding unless a pedestrian is directly in your travel lane.
  2. Reduce speed, yield, and stop if necessary to allow any pedestrian in or entering the crosswalk to safely cross the roadway.Answer
  3. C
    Remain stopped for the entire duration of the flashing light timer, even after all pedestrians have completely finished crossing and cleared the street.
  4. D
    Proceed at the posted speed limit because flashing yellow signals indicate that pedestrians must wait on the sidewalk until motor vehicles pass.

Answer

Reduce speed, yield, and stop if necessary to allow any pedestrian in or entering the crosswalk to safely cross the roadway.
When a pedestrian activates a Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB), the rapidly flashing yellow lights alert approaching drivers that pedestrians are entering or inside the crosswalk. Drivers must slow down, yield, and stop if necessary to allow pedestrians to safely cross the street.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the signal type and its state.
Recognize that a Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) is displaying user-activated flashing yellow LED lights at a pedestrian crosswalk.
RRFBs are installed at high-visibility pedestrian crossings to alert drivers that pedestrians are actively attempting to cross.
2
Determine legal right-of-way duties for motorists.
Motorists must slow down and yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within or entering the crosswalk, coming to a complete stop if required.
Traffic laws grant right-of-way to pedestrians in marked crosswalks when warning signals are active.
3
Evaluate when it is permissible to proceed.
Once all pedestrians have safely crossed and cleared the driver's side of the road, the driver may proceed with caution.
Unlike solid red signals, drivers do not need to remain continuously stopped if the crosswalk is entirely clear of pedestrians.

Key Concept

Driver obligations at pedestrian-activated Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFB)
Estimated Time:45s
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Signals and Markings

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