You must stop for a red light at an intersection where a crosswalk is painted but there is no stop line. Where does the manual tell you to stop?
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A.
Wherever the vehicle ahead has stopped
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B.
On top of the crosswalk
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C.
At the far edge of the intersection
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D.
Before the crosswalk Correct
The answer is "Before the crosswalk"
Without a stop line, the crosswalk itself becomes the stopping boundary. Drivers who don't think of the crosswalk as a hard boundary drift onto it because they've been trained to pull forward to see cross traffic, and that habit blocks the pedestrian's path.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Wherever the vehicle ahead has stopped
Following the car in front does not satisfy the specific boundary the manual sets. This answer uses the position of the car in front as the reference instead of the painted line the rule names.
B. On top of the crosswalk
Stopping on the crosswalk blocks the space pedestrians need to cross. This answer treats the paint as the stopping line itself, not as a boundary drawn for another road user.
C. At the far edge of the intersection
The far edge is not the stopping point the manual names. This answer imagines the whole intersection as the stopping zone, ignoring the painted boundary at its near edge.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Markings in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Pavement Markings: Stop and Crosswalk Lines," p.32..
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