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Kansas 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. A Kansas roadway lane is marked with a white diamond and an HOV 3 sign. What does that require?
Correct answer: At least three people must be riding in the vehicle
The diamond marks a reserved lane. HOV stands for high occupancy vehicle, and the number tells you the minimum people who must be riding, so HOV 3 means three or more occupants.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, Other Lane Controls
2. What does a solid white line drawn between two Kansas lanes of same-direction traffic tell a driver?
Correct answer: Stay inside your lane unless a special situation demands a change
A solid white stripe means you should hold your lane; you cross it only when some special circumstance forces a lane change. Solid white also outlines turn lanes and blocks lane changes near intersections.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, Pavement Markings
3. A Kansas traffic light turns green while you are already stopped at the intersection. What must you do before moving ahead?
Correct answer: Wait for crossing traffic to clear the intersection
A green light lets you go only when the way is clear. Vehicles still crossing in front of you have to finish clearing the intersection first.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, Traffic Signals
4. Overhead lane signals on a Kansas reversible lane show a steady yellow X above your lane. What should you do?
Correct answer: Move out of the lane as soon as it is safe
A steady yellow X means the lane is switching direction of use, so leave it as soon as you can do so safely.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, Other Lane Controls
5. On a Kansas roadway, what does the color of a lane line between yellow and white tell you?
Correct answer: Yellow separates opposing traffic; white separates traffic going the same way
Yellow lines separate streams of traffic headed in opposite directions, while white lines separate lanes carrying traffic the same way.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, Pavement Markings
6. Two solid yellow lines separate the lanes of a Kansas street. What may a driver still legally do there?
Correct answer: Cross the lines to turn when a gap in traffic allows
Neither direction is allowed to pass across a double solid yellow, but you may cross it to make a turn when a gap in traffic permits.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, Pavement Markings
7. A solid yellow line runs beside a broken yellow line down the center of a Kansas highway. What does that mean for you?
Correct answer: You may not pass when the unbroken stripe is on your side
The line nearest your lane governs. If the solid stripe is on your side you may not overtake; if the broken stripe is on your side you may pass when a safe gap exists.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, Pavement Markings
8. In Kansas, what does a yellow painted curb indicate?
Correct answer: A loading zone or similar restriction
Painted curbs code the parking rules. Yellow marks a loading zone or another restriction, white allows only brief stops, blue is reserved for drivers with a disability, and red marks a fire zone.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, Parking
9. When does Kansas permit a left turn against a red signal?
Correct answer: When you leave a one-way roadway for another one-way roadway
Kansas allows certain left turns against red: leaving a one-way roadway for another one-way roadway, and leaving a two-way roadway for a one-way roadway. Check first for traffic and for people on foot.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, Traffic Signals
10. A flashing yellow light hangs over a Kansas intersection. What does it require of you?
Correct answer: Reduce speed and cross with caution
Reduce speed and move through carefully, ready to halt for anything that might pull into the intersection.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, Traffic Signals
11. A Kansas intersection has both a painted stop line and a marked crosswalk. Which one governs where you stop?
Correct answer: The stop line, which must be obeyed first
When a stop line is painted ahead of the crosswalk, that line is the one you obey first, so your car halts behind it.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, Pavement Markings
12. What does a steady yellow traffic light mean in Kansas?
Correct answer: Red is next, so slow and stop if traffic behind permits
Yellow warns that red is coming next. Slow and halt if the traffic behind you allows it; if your car is already inside the intersection you may finish crossing.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, Traffic Signals
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