Your lane is separated from the next lane by two lines: a solid line closer to you and a broken line beyond it. What are you allowed to do?
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A.
Cross the line only for a left turn into a driveway Correct
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B.
Change lanes only during daylight hours
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C.
Cross the line whenever no oncoming traffic is visible
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D.
Pass another vehicle when it is safe to do so
The answer is "Cross the line only for a left turn into a driveway"
With a solid line on your side and a broken line beyond it, you cannot pass or cross except to make a left turn into a driveway. Choice D is the trap for a driver who reads the pair as a passing zone and applies the broken-line permission from the far side to their own lane.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Change lanes only during daylight hours
The manual sets no daylight condition on lane-line permissions; the solid line forbids crossing whatever the hour. Borrows a night-driving caution from headlight and following-distance rules and grafts it onto a lane marking that has no time-of-day condition.
C. Cross the line whenever no oncoming traffic is visible
Clear visibility does not lift the solid-side ban; only a left turn into a driveway is allowed. Applies the open-road passing-zone habit of checking for oncoming traffic and treats a clear sightline as its own permission, which the solid line does not grant.
D. Pass another vehicle when it is safe to do so
The passing permission belongs to the driver on the broken-line side, not to you on the solid side. Reads the two-line marking as a shared passing zone and carries the far side's permission back across to their own lane.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Markings in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Lane Markings: Solid line with broken line," p.32..
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