The manual describes where passing is prohibited on Illinois roads. Which of the following is always a no passing zone?
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A.
Every school zone in an incorporated area
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B.
Every highway rest area entrance
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C.
Every construction zone in Illinois Correct
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D.
Every interstate exit ramp
The answer is "Every construction zone in Illinois"
Illinois designates every construction zone as a no passing zone, whether workers are on site or not. Drivers who pick the school-zone answer are dropping the posted condition from the incorporated-area rule and reading the ban wider than the manual writes it.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Every school zone in an incorporated area
Names the wrong category; the manual bans passing in posted school zones in incorporated areas, not in every school zone. Drops the posted condition and treats the incorporated-area school zone rule as unconditional.
B. Every highway rest area entrance
The passing rule's no-passing categories are marked areas, hills, curves, near intersections and railroad crossings, near bridges, viaducts and tunnels, construction zones, school zones, and stopped school buses; a rest area entrance is not one of them, so signs, markings, and ordinary passing rules govern it. Carries the 100-foot buffer around intersections and railroad crossings over to any roadway feature that involves entering or exiting traffic.
D. Every interstate exit ramp
Interstate exit ramps may involve lane changes and posted controls, but this passing rule does not turn every exit ramp into a categorical no-passing zone the way it does with construction zones. Reads the general caution about exit-ramp lane changes as its own blanket passing ban like the one construction zones carry.
This question tests your knowledge of Passing in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Passing," p.29..
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