You see chevron symbols known as "sharrows" painted in a travel lane. What message do they send to drivers?
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A.
Bicyclists may use the entire lane. Correct
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B.
Two-way traffic uses the lane at set times.
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C.
The lane is reserved for buses and carpools.
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D.
Motor vehicles must yield to merging traffic.
The answer is "Bicyclists may use the entire lane."
Sharrows mark a shared-use lane and tell motorists that bicyclists may use the entire lane, while also guiding bicyclists on where to ride. A driver who reads the chevron shapes as the merge or lane-shift arrows they resemble on highway markings lands on Choice D instead of the shared-lane figure printed with the sharrow.
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B. Two-way traffic uses the lane at set times.
Time-based lane reversal is announced by reversible-lane controls, which the manual shows with special pavement markings, lane signals, and signs, not by sharrows. Swaps sharrows for the reversible-lane markings described just above them in the same section, reading shared use as time-based lane sharing rather than sharing space with bicyclists.
C. The lane is reserved for buses and carpools.
Bus and carpool lanes are marked as restricted lanes with diamond symbols, not with sharrows. Treats any painted-lane symbol as reserving the lane for a class of vehicle and reaches for a bus or HOV rule carried in from other roads instead of the shared-use meaning in this section.
D. Motor vehicles must yield to merging traffic.
Merging duties come from signs and lane geometry, not from sharrow markings. Reads the chevron shapes as the merge or lane-shift arrows they resemble on highway markings rather than the shared-lane figure they form with the bike silhouette here.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Markings in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Pavement Markings: Bicycle Lanes," p.45..
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