One condition the manual lists for passing on the right is based on the road's lane layout. Which condition is it?
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A.
The road is straight for at least a quarter mile ahead
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B.
Your speed is at least 10 mph faster than the vehicle you are passing
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C.
The vehicle you are passing has activated its right turn signal
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D.
The road has two or more lanes in your direction Correct
The answer is "The road has two or more lanes in your direction"
For the lane-layout condition, the manual asks for a road marked or wide enough for two or more lanes going your way: two or more lanes in each direction on a two-way road, or two or more lanes on a one-way road. Even on such a road you may pass on the right only if passing isn't prohibited by signs and isn't restricted by parked cars or other obstructions, so an ordinary two-lane two-way road never satisfies this lane-layout condition. Drivers who read a right-turn signal from the vehicle ahead as permission to slip past on the right are the ones who pick C, a city-driving habit that treats a signaled turn as approval to move around the vehicle.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. The road is straight for at least a quarter mile ahead
The manual keys the lane-layout condition to how the road is marked or wide, not to how far ahead you can see. Borrows the sight-distance rule from passing on the left, where clearing oncoming traffic is the hazard, and treats it as the road-layout condition on the right.
B. Your speed is at least 10 mph faster than the vehicle you are passing
The manual sets no minimum speed differential for passing on the right; the condition here is about lane layout, not travel speed. Applies the driver's-education 10 mph speed cushion for overtaking as if the manual keyed it to the road's lane layout.
C. The vehicle you are passing has activated its right turn signal
A right-turn signal from the vehicle ahead is not the lane-layout condition asked about here; that condition is set by how the road is marked, not by what the driver ahead is signaling. Treats a right-turn signal from the vehicle ahead as permission to slip past on the right, a habit from congested city driving where a signaled turn gets read as approval to move around the vehicle.
This question tests your knowledge of Passing in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "How to Pass on the Right," p.40..
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