Turning on red, lane-use signals and hybrid beacons
A 3-minute lesson from the Nebraska course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Nebraska allows some turns on red after a full stop. Special signals also control reversible lanes and midblock pedestrian crossings.
Know the rule
Before any turn on red, come to a complete stop, look both ways, and yield to pedestrians and other traffic. Failing to stop completely before turning is a violation.
Left on a circular red light is allowed after stopping only when turning from a one-way street onto another one-way street, and it may be prohibited at some locations. Turning on a red arrow is prohibited.
A signal that helps pedestrians cross at a marked crosswalk at an unsignalized location. It has two side-by-side red lights centered over a yellow light.
You're on a one-way street, stopped at a red light, and want to turn left onto another one-way street. With no sign prohibiting it, you may turn after stopping completely and yielding to pedestrians and traffic.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Turning right at a circular red light after stopping is:
Never allowed in Nebraska
Allowed only outside city limits
Allowed only between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Allowed, unless a sign prohibits it
Answer: Allowed, unless a sign prohibits it
Right on red is allowed after a stop unless a sign says otherwise.
