What color are the lines that separate lanes of traffic moving in the same direction?
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A.
Orange
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B.
Yellow
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C.
White Correct
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D.
Red
The answer is "White"
White lines separate lanes moving in the same direction; yellow lines separate traffic moving in opposite directions. Choice B tempts drivers who anchor yellow to any painted stripe running down the middle of the road and never lock in which color the manual assigns to each direction of travel.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Orange
Orange is the color of work-area signs, not lane-dividing pavement lines. This answer borrows the orange used for work-zone signs and stretches it to lane markings, where the manual keeps only white and yellow.
B. Yellow
Yellow marks lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions, not lanes moving in the same direction. This answer reverses the manual's pairing, assigning yellow to same-direction lanes when the manual reserves yellow for lines dividing opposite-direction traffic.
D. Red
Red is not used as a lane-line color; the manual assigns lane-dividing lines only white or yellow. This answer reaches for the color most associated with stop signals and traffic control and applies it to pavement markings, where the manual gives red no lane-line role.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Markings in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Pavement Markings," p.32..
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