According to the manual, what should you NOT do when you want to read a road sign?
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A.
Move to the shoulder of the road when safe and figure out your route
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B.
Slow down as you approach the sign
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C.
Stop in the middle of the road to read it Correct
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D.
Ask a passenger to read it aloud
The answer is "Stop in the middle of the road to read it"
The manual says not to endanger other drivers by stopping in the middle of the road to read a sign; move to the shoulder when safe instead. Drivers pick 'slow down as you approach' when they stretch the warning against stopping in the roadway into a ban on any speed reduction, which the manual never states.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Move to the shoulder of the road when safe and figure out your route
This is the exact action the manual tells you to take, not one to avoid. Reads the question too quickly and picks the safe-sounding option without checking that the question asks what NOT to do. This answer picks the manual's recommended safe alternative after skimming past the word NOT in the question.
B. Slow down as you approach the sign
The manual does not prohibit reducing speed to read a sign; only stopping in the roadway is called out. Tightens the warning against stopping into a blanket ban on any speed change near a sign. This answer confuses obstructing traffic with any reduction in speed.
D. Ask a passenger to read it aloud
The manual does not address passenger help in the sign-reading passage. Carries over a general distracted-driving rule of thumb and applies it where the manual names only one specific action to avoid. This answer treats any in-car help as discouraged, extending a distracted-driving habit beyond what the passage says.
This question tests your knowledge of Guide Signs in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Chapter 5, Guide/Informational Signs," p.85..
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