Traffic ahead of you inside a construction zone is moving slowly. May you pass?
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A.
Passing is allowed after you clear the arrow board's warning.
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B.
Passing is allowed if the pavement has a broken yellow line.
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C.
Passing is allowed when no workers are on the roadway.
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D.
Passing is not allowed; construction zones are no passing zones. Correct
The answer is "Passing is not allowed; construction zones are no passing zones."
Illinois designates every construction zone a no-passing zone, regardless of pavement markings. Choice B tempts readers who carry the general two-lane broken-yellow rule from the passing chapter, but the work-zone ban overrides pavement markings for the length of the zone.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Passing is allowed after you clear the arrow board's warning.
The passing ban runs through the whole zone, not just past a merge instruction. Treated the arrow board as the end of every work-zone restriction, a habit from watching lane closures resolve.
B. Passing is allowed if the pavement has a broken yellow line.
Pavement markings do not override the construction-zone passing ban. Applied the general broken-yellow rule from the passing chapter and missed the work-zone override right below it.
C. Passing is allowed when no workers are on the roadway.
The passing ban applies whether or not workers are present. Borrowed the workers-present threshold from the enhanced-penalty rule and applied it to the passing rule.
This question tests your knowledge of Passing in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Passing," p.29..
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