The manual tells drivers that passing on the right is risky in most cases. What hazard does it name?
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A.
Your vehicle enters the other driver's blind side. Correct
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B.
The right shoulder leaves less room to brake.
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C.
Right-side mirrors show less of the road behind.
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D.
The passing driver cannot see oncoming traffic.
The answer is "Your vehicle enters the other driver's blind side."
A right-side pass puts you where the other driver cannot easily see you, which the manual names as the specific hazard of the maneuver. Option D is the trap: drivers remember the main left-pass rule about watching oncoming traffic and reach for it here, when the real risk on the right is being hidden from the driver you are passing.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. The right shoulder leaves less room to brake.
The hazard the manual names in this section is the other driver's blind side, not shoulder room or braking space. This answer reaches for a general shoulder-safety concern drivers associate with any maneuver near the edge of the road.
C. Right-side mirrors show less of the road behind.
Mixes up whose mirrors matter; the manual points to the other driver's blind side, not your own rear view. This answer reads mirror geometry as the issue because that is what comes to mind at the thought of any right-side angle.
D. The passing driver cannot see oncoming traffic.
Oncoming traffic is the sightline for a left pass; the manual flags the hidden-side hazard for a right pass. This answer carries the main left-pass visibility concern over to the right, where the real risk is a different one entirely.
This question tests your knowledge of Passing in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Passing on the right," p.55..
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