Yellow or white diagonal stripes painted on the pavement are used to mark:
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A.
School crossings.
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B.
Bicycle lanes.
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C.
Fixed obstructions. Correct
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D.
Passing zones.
The answer is "Fixed obstructions."
Diagonal stripes flag fixed obstructions such as barriers or medians. Choice A reaches for the yellow-green association with school signs and transfers it to pavement paint, where the color has a different job.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. School crossings.
School crossings are indicated by a five-sided yellow or yellow-green sign, not pavement stripes. This answer transfers the school-zone sign color to pavement paint.
B. Bicycle lanes.
Bike lanes are marked by solid boundary lines, not diagonal stripes. This answer mixes obstruction markings with the bike-lane paint scheme.
D. Passing zones.
Passing zones are shown by broken yellow center lines, not by diagonal stripes. This answer reads yellow stripes as a passing signal, borrowing the meaning from the center-line color.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Markings in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Chapter 10: Pavement Markings, Other Markings," p.80..
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