According to the manual, traffic control devices in a work zone are used for what purpose?
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A.
To guide and direct drivers safely through the area. Correct
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B.
To separate opposing lanes with a solid concrete barrier.
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C.
To mark the shoulder where breakdowns should pull over.
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D.
To warn drivers that speeding fines are doubled inside.
The answer is "To guide and direct drivers safely through the area."
Barricades, cones, drums, and flaggers are placed in work zones to guide and direct drivers safely through the area. Choice D is the trap for drivers who have heard about the extra work-zone speeding penalty: the manual ties that penalty to a posted sign at the work zone and does not say fines automatically double, and it assigns the devices themselves a guidance role rather than a fine-notice role.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. To separate opposing lanes with a solid concrete barrier.
The manual does not describe the listed devices as opposing-lane separators. Treats temporary cones and drums as if they played the same role as a fixed median barrier on a divided highway.
C. To mark the shoulder where breakdowns should pull over.
The manual does not assign work zone devices a shoulder-marking role for disabled vehicles. Carries over the habit of looking for shoulder signage used by stalled vehicles and applies it to work zone equipment instead.
D. To warn drivers that speeding fines are doubled inside.
The manual's work zone passage assigns the devices a guidance purpose. It describes a separate, posted additional penalty for speeding in a work zone; it does not state that fines automatically double, and the devices themselves are not the fine notice. Mistakes a half-remembered doubled-fine rule from other states for the role of every orange cone and drum.
This question tests your knowledge of Construction Signs in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Hazardous Driving: Work Zones," p.71..
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