Solid green pavement bordered by white lines identifies what?
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A.
A bicycle lane highlighted where it crosses motor vehicle paths. Correct
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B.
A shared lane for bicycles and buses only.
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C.
A pedestrian crossing painted for extra visibility.
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D.
A lane permanently closed to all motor vehicle traffic.
The answer is "A bicycle lane highlighted where it crosses motor vehicle paths."
A continuous green field bordered by white lines marks a bicycle lane and calls attention to it where bicyclists and motor vehicles cross paths, such as intersections, driveways, and merges. The color raises the lane's visibility without changing its legal status. Drivers who read the vivid green as a permanent barrier pick D, mistaking a visibility treatment for a change in who may use the lane.
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B. A shared lane for bicycles and buses only.
Green pavement between white lines marks a bicycle lane, not a lane shared with transit vehicles. Confuses the green bike-lane marking with the red pavement treatments some cities use to set aside a lane for buses and bicycles together.
C. A pedestrian crossing painted for extra visibility.
Crosswalks are marked with white transverse lines across the roadway, not a solid green field running with the direction of travel. Borrows the logic of the colored school-zone crosswalks some jurisdictions install and reads any bright pavement as a pedestrian crossing.
D. A lane permanently closed to all motor vehicle traffic.
The color raises the lane's visibility without changing its legal status, so the underlying bike-lane rules stay in force. Imports the mental model of a diamond-marked transit-only lane and treats bright pavement as a signal that the lane is off-limits to cars.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Markings on the roads of every US state . Source: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, marking FHWA IA-14 (Green-Colored Bike Lane)..
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