A three-lane highway has a center lane marked with left-turn arrows in both directions. How may drivers use that lane?
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A.
As a merging lane before highway exits.
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B.
As a through lane when the traffic pattern reverses for rush hour.
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C.
As a passing lane during peak-hour traffic.
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D.
For left turns from either direction of travel. Correct
The answer is "For left turns from either direction of travel."
On a two-way roadway with a center lane, drivers from either direction may use it for left turns, and the lane must not be used for passing. Drivers who read the center lane as another passing lane, carrying over the freeway habit of using an inner lane to overtake, are the ones who pick C.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. As a merging lane before highway exits.
The marked center lane is reserved for left turns from either direction; it is not an acceleration, merge, or exit lane. This answer reads the striped center lane as an auxiliary or deceleration lane leading up to an exit, borrowing the way ramp lanes work on expressway approaches.
B. As a through lane when the traffic pattern reverses for rush hour.
The center turn lane always operates as a shared left-turn lane and does not switch direction with the time of day. This answer confuses the striped center turn lane with a reversible rush-hour lane learned from commuter highways where lanes flip morning and evening.
C. As a passing lane during peak-hour traffic.
The manual states the center turn lane must not be used for passing at any time. This answer carries over the multi-lane freeway habit of using an inner lane to overtake, treating the striped center lane as a rush-hour passing lane.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Markings in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Pavement Markings - Turn Lanes," p.45..
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