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Traffic signals

Green arrow with green light

What it means

You may proceed in the direction of the arrow without yielding. You may also go in the other directions the green light allows, when it is safe and legal to do so.

Traffic lights, lane-control and pedestrian signals.

Summarised from the Alberta Driver’s Guide. Read the original: Traffic control ↗

How to recognise it

The green lens lit, with a green arrow lit in an extra lens beside it.

Where you will see it

Signalized intersections that give one movement, usually a left turn, an advance protected phase.

What to do when you see it

  1. 1.In the direction of the arrow, you may enter the intersection and proceed without yielding.
  2. 2.You may also go in the other directions the green light allows, when it is safe and legal to do so.

On the knowledge test

The key phrase is “without yielding” in the arrow’s direction. Once the arrow goes out and only the solid green remains, a left turn must again yield to oncoming traffic.

Practice questions for this sign

The signal shows a solid green light with a green left-turn arrow. What does the arrow tell you?