Indiana Permit Practice Test: Traffic Signals and Signs (2026)

Question 1 of 20

What do red traffic signs tell drivers?

1. A regulation that requires immediate action
2. Upcoming services such as gas and food
3. A nearby recreation area

Question 2 of 20

Fluorescent yellow-green signs warn drivers about what?

1. Construction zones
2. Schools, pedestrians, bicycles, playgrounds and school bus routes
3. Highway exits

Question 3 of 20

What do orange traffic signs warn about?

1. Permanent speed limits
2. Hospitals and rest areas
3. Temporary conditions such as road work

Question 4 of 20

What kind of information do green signs give?

1. Directions, exits and distances
2. Warnings about hazards
3. Parking rules

Question 5 of 20

A blue sign along the highway shows what?

1. A school zone
2. Road services, such as food or lodging at the next exit
3. A detour

Question 6 of 20

What do brown signs point out?

1. Hospitals
2. Truck routes
3. Recreational and cultural interest sites

Question 7 of 20

White signs with black letters usually show what?

1. Regulations you must obey, such as speed limits
2. Hazards ahead
3. Tourist attractions

Question 8 of 20

You face a green arrow shown with a red light. What may you do?

1. Nothing until the red light changes
2. Turn in the direction of the arrow if the intersection is clear
3. Go straight ahead

Question 9 of 20

The light turns steady yellow and you are too close to stop safely. What should you do?

1. Stop suddenly anyway
2. Speed up to beat the red
3. Complete your movement through the intersection

Question 10 of 20

What does a flashing yellow arrow for a turn mean?

1. Turn only after yielding to pedestrians and oncoming traffic
2. You have a protected turn
3. Stop and wait for green

Question 11 of 20

A flashing red light at an intersection means the same as what?

1. A yield sign
2. A stop sign
3. A green light

Question 12 of 20

What does a flashing yellow light (no arrow) at an intersection mean?

1. Stop and wait
2. The signal is broken; treat it as a four-way stop
3. Slow down and use caution

Question 13 of 20

Before turning right on a red light (where allowed), what must you do first?

1. Come to a full stop
2. Slow to 5 mph
3. Honk your horn

Question 14 of 20

When may you turn left on a red light in Indiana?

1. Never
2. From a one-way street onto a one-way street, after a full stop
3. From any street if no cars are coming

Question 15 of 20

A motorcyclist's signal won't change to green. When may they go through the steady red light?

1. After 30 seconds
2. Never
3. After a complete stop of at least two minutes, with caution

Question 16 of 20

Approaching a red light, where must you stop if there is a solid white stop line?

1. At the stop line
2. In the crosswalk
3. Past the stop line where you can see

Question 17 of 20

When do rectangular rapid flashing beacons at a crosswalk flash?

1. All day long
2. Only when a pedestrian activates them
3. Only at night

Question 18 of 20

A pedestrian hybrid beacon at a mid-block crosswalk is dark. What does that mean?

1. It is broken; stop
2. Treat it as a flashing red
3. No pedestrian has activated it; drive normally

Question 19 of 20

What does a flashing DON'T WALK signal tell pedestrians?

1. The time to cross safely is ending
2. They may start crossing
3. Cars must stop

Question 20 of 20

A signal with white rectangular bars controls which traffic?

1. Bicycles
2. Buses or transit vehicles
3. Trucks over 26,000 pounds