The manual tells you to be especially alert for certain pedestrians who may be hidden behind a parked car. Whom does it name?
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A.
People in wheelchairs, pushing strollers, or pulling wheeled suitcases. Correct
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B.
Traffic officers stationed at busy pedestrian crossings.
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C.
Delivery drivers walking between parked delivery vans.
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D.
Utility workers marking the roadway with cones.
The answer is "People in wheelchairs, pushing strollers, or pulling wheeled suitcases."
The manual tells drivers preparing to turn to be especially alert to individuals in wheelchairs, people pushing strollers, or someone pulling a wheeled suitcase behind them, because they or the things with them may be closer to the ground and hidden behind a car. Drivers who pick option C are scanning for workers on the roadway, expecting any 'special alert' list to name people on the job rather than the everyday pedestrians the manual actually warns a parked bumper can conceal.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Traffic officers stationed at busy pedestrian crossings.
The manual names pedestrians a parked car can hide from view, not uniformed officers standing in the open who are already easy to see. This answer reflexively names the pedestrians a driver already scans for by habit, though the warning is written for users a routine scan of the road misses.
C. Delivery drivers walking between parked delivery vans.
The manual's list names people in wheelchairs, people pushing strollers, and anyone pulling a wheeled suitcase; delivery drivers are not the pedestrians it flags as easily hidden behind a parked car. This answer reads 'be especially alert' as a workers-on-the-roadway warning rather than a warning about pedestrians or objects a parked car can hide from a turning driver.
D. Utility workers marking the roadway with cones.
The manual's warning covers pedestrians who may be closer to the ground or partly hidden by a parked car; utility workers wearing high-visibility gear beside cones are not on that list. This answer assumes a 'special alert' list must be about high-visibility roadway workers, missing that the manual points to people closer to the ground or partly hidden by a parked car.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Chapter 5 – Intersections and Turns, Turns," p.36..
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