Step 2 - Road signs and markings explained » Traffic lights for directing the traffic

The red colour signal prohibits passing.

At the red signal, the vehicle must be stopped without passing the traffic light, the stop marking, the pedestrian crossing or the corner of the intersection if the traffic light is suspended.

When the red signal operates simultaneously with the yellow one, it announces that the green signal follows.

When the yellow colour signal follows after the green colour signal you can continue your movement only if you cannot stop safely or if you are caught in the intersection.

The green colour signal allows passing.

Usually when we turn right, the pedestrians also have green at the traffic light and we must give priority to them.

If the encountered traffic light is a single one for all directions (left, straight ahead, right), then when we turn left, we must give priority to the vehicles coming from the opposite direction and to the pedestrians who cross on the pedestrian crossing located on the road on the left on which we enter.

Is prohibited the entering into the intersection at the green signal if, because of congestion, there is the risk of immobilization and blocking of traffic.