When may you legally make a U-turn on a divided highway?
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A.
Only during a green traffic light with no NO U-TURN sign.
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B.
Only where a center divider opening is provided. Correct
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C.
Any time visibility is clear for 500 feet in each direction.
The answer is "Only where a center divider opening is provided."
A U-turn on a divided highway is legal only where a center divider opening is provided; crossing a curb, strip of land, or two sets of double yellow lines is banned. Option A imports the intersection U-turn rule into a situation the manual restricts to physical openings in the divider.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Only during a green traffic light with no NO U-TURN sign.
The green-signal condition applies to intersection U-turns, not to divided-highway ones. This answer imports the intersection U-turn rule into a situation the manual restricts to physical divider openings.
C. Any time visibility is clear for 500 feet in each direction.
The visibility figure the manual states is 200 feet, and it does not override the opening requirement. This answer inflates the 200-foot visibility rule to 500 feet and skips the divider-opening requirement entirely.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in California. Source: California Driver Manual, "U-TURN," p.20..
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