On a one-way street with three lanes, which lane should through-traffic use?
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A.
Any lane, since it is one direction.
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B.
The left outside lane.
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C.
The right outside lane.
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D.
The center lane. Correct
The answer is "The center lane."
The manual splits one-way street lanes by purpose: the center is for driving through, and each outside lane is a turn lane. Choice C is picked by drivers carrying the two-way habit of 'stay right unless passing' onto a one-way street, where the right lane is not the default cruising lane but a right-turn lane, and the same is true on the left.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Any lane, since it is one direction.
The manual writes a specific lane-use rule for one-way streets rather than leaving it open. This answer reads 'one-way' as unregulated, missing that the manual assigns a job to each lane.
B. The left outside lane.
The left lane on a one-way is a left-turn lane, not a through lane. This answer mirrors the wrong-side version of the same 'stay in an outside lane' habit that fails on one-way streets.
C. The right outside lane.
The right lane on a one-way street is a right-turn lane, not a through lane. This answer carries the two-way habit of 'keep right except to pass' onto a road where each outside lane is a turn lane.
This question tests your knowledge of Defensive Driving in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "City Driving," p.63..
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