The manual forbids passing near an intersection or railroad crossing on a two-lane, two-way road. How far from that point does the ban start?
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A.
500 feet
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B.
50 feet
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C.
100 feet Correct
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D.
200 feet
The answer is "100 feet"
Illinois bans passing within 100 feet of any intersection or railroad crossing on a two-lane, two-way road. Drivers reaching for 500 feet are pulling in the 500-foot cellphone-and-camera buffer around emergency scenes and applying that figure where the manual uses a different number.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 500 feet
This answer overstates the buffer; 500 feet is the emergency-scene distance, not the passing distance. It carries the cellphone-and-camera figure from the emergency-scene rule into a passing rule that uses a different number.
B. 50 feet
This answer halves the actual buffer; the manual uses 100 feet. It reaches for a rounder half of the correct figure without going back to the source.
D. 200 feet
This answer doubles the actual figure; the manual uses 100 feet here, not 200. It pulls in the 200-foot oncoming-vehicle buffer from the same passing section.
This question tests your knowledge of Passing in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Passing," p.29..
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