Negotiating intersections
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- Controlled RailRoad Crossing
- RailRoad crossing controlled by flashing red lights and/or crossing gates
- Stale Green light
- light that has been green for a long time
- Yellow Light
- mean caution and slow down
- Yeild
- to allow another vehicle or roadway user to proceed first
- Gap
- distance between vehicles
- Uncontrolled RailRoad Crossing
- Railroad crossing that does not have flashing red lights or crossing gates
- Traffic Circle
- intersection that forms when several roadways meet at a circle
- Red light
- you must come to a complete stop at a intersection
- Fresh Green light
- light that has just turned from red to green
- Crossbuck
- Large X-shaped sign located beside an uncontrolled railroad crossing
- Controlled intersection
- intersection at which traffic signals or signs determin the right of way
- Line of Sight Restriction
- line you cant see past
- Point of No Return
- point beyond which a driver can no longer stop safely without entering the intersection
- Through street
- always have the right of way for the street
- Right of way
- privilige of having immediate use of a certain part of a roadway
- Through traffic
- always have the right of way for traffic
- Protected left turn
- specific light to signal left turn
- Unprotected left turn
- no specific light to signal left turns