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Mississippi Car / Permit: Signals & Pavement Markings practice test
How to read traffic signals, lane lines, and pavement markings — including yellow and white lines, arrows, and flashing lights.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. How does the manual describe crossing a single solid white line?
Correct answer: It is discouraged
A single solid white stripe separates same-direction lanes, and the manual discourages crossing it rather than flatly banning the move.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Lane Lines, Center Lines, & Barrier Lines
2. What restriction comes with a double solid yellow center marking?
Correct answer: Passing is barred for traffic in both directions
Neither direction of travel may cross a double solid yellow stripe to overtake another vehicle.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Lane Lines, Center Lines, & Barrier Lines
3. What does a broken yellow line down the middle of a Mississippi road tell you?
Correct answer: It divides opposing traffic and passing is allowed when safe
Broken yellow divides opposing streams of traffic, and you may only move into the oncoming side to complete a pass when it is safe.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Lane Lines, Center Lines, & Barrier Lines
4. A flashing yellow arrow shows for your turn lane. What does it mean?
Correct answer: You may turn but must give way to oncoming traffic
You may turn from the proper lane, but oncoming drivers hold a green light, so the turn is unprotected and you must give way.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Traffic Signal Lights
5. The car directly ahead of you switches on its turn signal. Should you switch yours on too?
Correct answer: Only if you also intend to turn
Only if you also plan to turn. Copying a signal to warn drivers behind you sends a false message about your own intentions.
6. How should you treat a signal head that is flashing red?
Correct answer: Stop fully, then proceed carefully while yielding
A flashing red is handled like a stop sign: come to a full stop, then move ahead carefully while yielding as the intersection requires.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Traffic Signal Lights
7. You reach an intersection where the traffic signal is dark and showing nothing at all. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop completely, then move through carefully while yielding
With no working indication, the manual tells you to stop completely and then move through carefully, applying the ordinary yielding rules.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Traffic Signal Lights
8. A broken white line lies between your lane and the next one. What does it mean?
Correct answer: Both lanes run the same way and you may change lanes when safe
White markings separate lanes headed the same way, and a broken white line lets you change lanes once you have checked that it is safe.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Lane Lines, Center Lines, & Barrier Lines
9. What does a steady green arrow give a turning driver?
Correct answer: A protected turn, since oncoming traffic is held at red
Because oncoming drivers face a red light while your arrow is green, the movement is a protected one from the correct lane.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Traffic Signal Lights
10. Before turning right at a red light in Mississippi, what is required?
Correct answer: A full stop first, then yielding before you turn
A rolling approach is illegal. You must halt completely and then give way, because yielding alone does not satisfy the law.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Traffic Signal Lights
11. Where does the manual say you must never bring your vehicle to a stop?
Correct answer: On any part of a crosswalk
Stopping on any portion of a crosswalk blocks the people it was painted to protect, so it is never allowed.
12. For what distance must an arm signal be held before you slow, turn, stop or change lanes?
Correct answer: One hundred feet
The manual asks for the arm to be fully extended and the signal held without interruption for a hundred feet ahead of the move.
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