What does a single solid white line painted along the side of a road mark?
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A.
The left edge of a divided highway.
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B.
A shared-use lane for bicyclists.
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C.
A no-passing zone in your lane.
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D.
The right edge of the roadway. Correct
The answer is "The right edge of the roadway."
A single solid white line along the side of the road marks the right edge of the roadway. Choice A trades the two edge-line colors: divided highways use yellow on the left, not white, and drivers who carry the shape of the marking without pinning down the color pick it.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. The left edge of a divided highway.
The left edge of a divided highway or one-way street is marked by a single solid yellow line, not white. This answer swaps the two edge-line colors, tracking that edges get solid lines but not which color anchors which side.
B. A shared-use lane for bicyclists.
Shared-use bike lanes are marked with sharrows, not a plain solid white edge line. This answer reaches for the most bicycle-related use of white paint on the road instead of the edge-line rule.
C. A no-passing zone in your lane.
No-passing rules are carried by yellow center-line markings, not by a white edge line. This answer extends the double-yellow prohibition to any painted stripe, a habit that keys off shape and skips color.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Markings in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Pavement Markings: Edge Lines," p.43..
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