You are driving next to a solid yellow line on your side with a broken yellow line beyond it. According to the manual, what is the only reason you may cross that solid line?
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A.
To make a U-turn back toward the opposite direction.
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B.
To change lanes when traffic on your side slows down.
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C.
To make a left turn into a driveway. Correct
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D.
To pass another vehicle when the road ahead is clear.
The answer is "To make a left turn into a driveway."
When the solid line of a solid-and-broken pair is on your side, the manual permits exactly one crossing: a left turn into a driveway. The trap is choice D, which imports the passing permission printed one sentence later for the driver on the broken-line side of the same marking.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. To make a U-turn back toward the opposite direction.
The manual's only listed reason to cross the solid line here is a left turn into a driveway, and a U-turn is not on that list. This answer borrows the U-turn exception from the double-solid-yellow paragraph and applies it to a different marking.
B. To change lanes when traffic on your side slows down.
Slower traffic on your side does not unlock the solid line; only the specific left-turn-into-a-driveway case does. This answer reads a yellow divider as if it were a broken white line, where routine lane changes are the norm.
D. To pass another vehicle when the road ahead is clear.
Passing is never permitted from the solid side; the manual grants that permission only to the driver on the broken-line side. This answer carries over the passing rule a driver on the opposite half of the same paint learned first.
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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