A pedestrian using a white cane or guide dog is crossing the road ahead of you. What must you do?
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A.
Pass slowly on the left.
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B.
Sound your horn as a warning.
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C.
Yield the right of way. Correct
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D.
Continue at your current speed.
The answer is "Yield the right of way."
A pedestrian using a white cane or guide dog has the right of way and the same rights as any other pedestrian. Drivers who read the assistive device as a cue to warn rather than a cue to yield reach for the horn choice.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Pass slowly on the left.
Passing a pedestrian in the roadway does not satisfy the requirement to yield to them first. This answer confuses the shoulder-passing rule for pedestrians with the right-of-way rule the manual sets here.
B. Sound your horn as a warning.
The manual does not direct a driver to sound the horn at a pedestrian using an assistive device. This answer reads the assistive device as a cue to alert rather than a cue to yield, mistaking care for noise.
D. Continue at your current speed.
Continuing at speed toward a pedestrian in the road is the opposite of yielding the right of way. This answer treats the pedestrian as still on the sidewalk when the assistive device already claims the crossing.
This question tests your knowledge of Sharing the Road in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Chapter 5: Pedestrians With Disabilities," p.40..
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