You are driving at night and notice that the road reflectors shine red in your headlights. This tells you that:
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A.
A construction zone begins in the next mile.
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B.
Rain or ice has been detected on the roadway.
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C.
You are driving the wrong way on the road. Correct
The answer is "You are driving the wrong way on the road."
Red road reflectors visible in your headlights at night mean you are traveling the wrong way. Choice A pairs colored roadway markers with construction, a habit drivers develop because orange reflective barriers dominate work zones they pass through in daytime.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. A construction zone begins in the next mile.
Construction zones are marked by orange signs and barriers, not by red road reflectors in the pavement. This answer reads any glowing colored marker at night as belonging to the orange work-zone category from daytime memory.
B. Rain or ice has been detected on the roadway.
Weather warnings appear on yellow diamond signs, not on the color of embedded road reflectors. This answer confuses the red-reflector cue with slippery-road warnings met on the same drive during bad weather.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Signs in California. Source: California Driver Manual, "WRONG WAY Sign," p.38..
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