pillbinge t1_j6vo898 wrote on February 2, 2023 at 5:11 AM

That sucks, and I can certainly believe that you could be told that.

For the record, a blinking yellow light means to proceed cautiously. You shouldn't be speeding, but a car that isn't speeding should at least take their foot off the gas and just be aware. I don't see too many of those myself, which means you probably got a little unlucky.

Not sure how to approach it. I'd find the instructor again and ask them. If you can get it in writing, even better. My test decades back was a tough one, but I passed. Watched a kid fail within 1 minute. Didn't even make it around the block because he choked when taking a right. They made me parallel park and do a three-point turn out of it on a really narrow street in Cambridge. Passed it my first time. But I still realize that others would have probably been fucked.

AnyRound5042 t1_j6x60ez wrote on February 2, 2023 at 3:03 PM

My home town had an intersection that 24/7 the main road had a blinking yellow and the side road (a + not a T) had a blinking red.

Menacing_Anus42 t1_j6x91f9 wrote on February 2, 2023 at 3:24 PM

Because the red is a stop sign, and the blinking yellow is to say "slow down and proceed with caution because there are people pulling out from the stop side of the street"

AnyRound5042 t1_j6xodmj wrote on February 2, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Yeah I know I'm just saying if OP never went through until it changed they'd still be sitting there today, like Charlie on the mbta

VibrantSunsets t1_j6yvupa wrote on February 2, 2023 at 9:31 PM

Since he knows it turns green my guess is it was a blinking left arrow. Are there any blinking yellows that aren’t arrows that turn green?

Sprucey26 t1_j74yd6l wrote on February 4, 2023 at 2:35 AM

No such thing as a blinking yellow that turns green. Blinking yellow just usually means a crossroad where there is a stop sign on the roads perpendicular to the main road. A blinking yellow light will always be a blinking yellow light.

Waggmans t1_j6zlekd wrote on February 3, 2023 at 12:24 AM

I can't tell you how many people don't know the difference between a red turn signal, blinking yellow light and blinking red light.

You CANNOT make a turn on a red turn signal under ANY circumstances. People behind me just honk like crazy.

Menacing_Anus42 t1_j71v1qo wrote on February 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Right, red turn signal is a flat out red light, equal to "no turn on red", solid red light. People should have to review some of this stuff every 20 years when they renew a license lol