You are driving on a road divided by double solid yellow lines. According to the manual, is a U-turn permitted across those lines?
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A.
No, double solid lines forbid every crossing without exception
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B.
Yes, but only during daylight hours
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C.
Yes, but only where the solid lines break at the point of the turn
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D.
Yes, a U-turn is one of the manual's listed exceptions Correct
The answer is "Yes, a U-turn is one of the manual's listed exceptions"
Double solid yellow lines block passing and lane changes, but the manual carves out a specific exception: turning left to enter or leave the highway, and it names a U-turn as one form of that turn. Choice C reads the rule the way passing zones work, assuming the paint must open up at the point of the turn for the maneuver to be legal.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. No, double solid lines forbid every crossing without exception
The manual lists specific exceptions for turning left to enter or leave the highway. This answer recalls a shortened 'double solid never cross' rule that skips the exception printed in the same paragraph.
B. Yes, but only during daylight hours
No time-of-day condition applies to the U-turn exception. This answer invents a daylight qualifier the manual never states, borrowing from headlight-hour rules.
C. Yes, but only where the solid lines break at the point of the turn
The manual permits the U-turn on a stretch of double solid lines directly. This answer assumes the paint must open up for the turn to be legal, borrowing the way passing zones are set up.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Markings in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Pavement Markings: Edge and Lane Lines," p.32..
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