You are driving on a rural road and approach a horse being ridden on the shoulder. What does the manual say about using your horn?
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A.
Tap the horn once at a low volume to warn the rider.
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B.
It is illegal to sound your horn near a horse. Correct
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C.
Sound the horn from at least 100 feet back so the rider can react.
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D.
Sound the horn only if the horse is standing in the roadway.
The answer is "It is illegal to sound your horn near a horse."
The manual makes it illegal to sound your horn when you approach or pass a horse. Drivers who default to the courtesy tap they use around pedestrians and slow cars reach for option A, but the tap is exactly what spooks a horse and what the ban is written to prevent.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Tap the horn once at a low volume to warn the rider.
The manual bans the horn near a horse; volume is not a factor. This answer applies the courtesy-tap habit drivers use around pedestrians and cyclists, which the manual will not extend to a horse.
C. Sound the horn from at least 100 feet back so the rider can react.
No distance makes the horn legal near a horse; the ban covers approach and passing. This answer borrows the 100-foot turn-signal distance and invents a matching horn distance the manual never allows.
D. Sound the horn only if the horse is standing in the roadway.
The horn ban applies whenever you approach or pass a horse, not only when it stands in the roadway. This answer reads the ban as active only when a horse blocks traffic, though it covers approach and passing on the shoulder too.
This question tests your knowledge of Sharing the Road in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Chapter 11 - Sharing the Road: Horse Riders," p.76..
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