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A traffic light and a STOP sign regulate the same approach and give conflicting instructions. With no officer instructions or temporary signs, the light is steady green. Which signal takes precedence?

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The traffic light, without removing other applicable safety and priority duties.

The traffic light takes precedence over the vertical sign in this conflict. Green permits passage, but not entry if cross traffic or a pedestrian crossing will be blocked; it also does not remove duties to give way when turning. With flashing amber, priority signs must be obeyed. If the traffic light is not working, the STOP sign still regulates the approach.

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  • The traffic light, without removing other applicable safety and priority duties.

  • The STOP sign, because vertical signs always override traffic lights.

  • Neither; green allows passage even when it blocks a pedestrian crossing.

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