The manual warns that in a work zone, driving areas may be confined. What consequence does the manual name?
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A.
Passing on the right becomes legal inside the zone.
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B.
There may be no maneuvering space or escape route. Correct
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C.
Trucks must confine themselves to the left lane only.
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D.
Following distance should be doubled at all times.
The answer is "There may be no maneuvering space or escape route."
When work zone lanes narrow, the manual warns there may be no space to maneuver and no escape route. Choice D pulls drivers who remember the general defensive-driving habit of doubling following distance in bad conditions and default to it here.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Passing on the right becomes legal inside the zone.
The manual does not authorize passing on the right just because a work zone narrows the roadway. This answer invents a passing exception that the work zone section never grants.
C. Trucks must confine themselves to the left lane only.
The manual does not restrict trucks to a specific lane in a confined work zone. This answer grafts an urban truck-route habit onto a work zone rule about escape space.
D. Following distance should be doubled at all times.
The manual does not name doubled following distance as the consequence of confined work zone lanes. This answer defaults to the general adverse-conditions spacing rule instead of the escape-route point the manual makes.
This question tests your knowledge of Construction Signs in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Work Zones," p.71..
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