You approach this sign posted at the front of a raised median that splits the roadway. What does it require of you?
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A.
Pass to the right of the upcoming island or divider. Correct
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B.
Choose either side of the divider that traffic allows.
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C.
Stop before the divider and yield to oncoming vehicles.
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D.
Move into the left lane before reaching the divider.
The answer is "Pass to the right of the upcoming island or divider."
The sign directs a driver to pass to the right of the island or divider ahead. The trap is the choice that lets a driver take either side; this sign carries a curved arrow showing one specific required path around the obstruction, not an option. A learner who picks a yield or a lane change is reading the arrow as advice about the roadway ahead rather than as a routing instruction at the obstruction itself.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Choose either side of the divider that traffic allows.
This is a regulatory white-and-black sign, so the arrow prescribes a single required path and does not leave the choice to the driver. This answer reads a regulatory routing sign as advisory guidance about how to handle the divider ahead.
C. Stop before the divider and yield to oncoming vehicles.
The sign routes a driver past the obstruction on the right; it does not command a stop or a yield to opposing traffic. This answer reads the arrow as a yield or stop instruction instead of a routing rule around the obstruction.
D. Move into the left lane before reaching the divider.
The sign tells a driver which side of the obstruction to pass on; it does not signal a lane change on the approach. This answer confuses an obstruction marker with a merge or lane-change instruction posted ahead of the split.
This question tests your knowledge of Regulatory Signs on the roads of every US state . Source: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, sign R4-7 (Keep Right (Symbol))..
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