What does this crosswalk require of a driver approaching it?
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A.
Yield to pedestrians within or entering the crosswalk. Correct
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B.
Stop before the bars only when a school crossing guard is on duty.
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C.
Slow to 15 mph and continue if no pedestrian is on your side.
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D.
Come to a full stop at the first bar and wait three seconds.
The answer is "Yield to pedestrians within or entering the crosswalk."
The ladder pattern is high-visibility, but the underlying rule is the same as any crosswalk: yield to pedestrians within or entering it. The trap is the answer that treats the heavy painted bars as a stop line demanding a fixed count; the design is meant to be seen from further away, not to convert the crosswalk into a stop-controlled point.
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B. Stop before the bars only when a school crossing guard is on duty.
The pattern marks a crosswalk on its own, and no guard has to be present for the yield rule to apply. This answer treats the high-visibility marking as a school-only device that activates only when a guard is present.
C. Slow to 15 mph and continue if no pedestrian is on your side.
No speed floor or half-road allowance applies here; a driver yields to any pedestrian in or entering the crosswalk. This answer borrows a school-zone speed limit and a one-side habit that the crosswalk rule does not grant.
D. Come to a full stop at the first bar and wait three seconds.
A crosswalk is not a stop-controlled point, and no timed halt is required when nobody is crossing. This answer reads the wide painted bars as a stop line demanding a fixed count on every approach.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Markings on the roads of every US state . Source: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, marking 3B.18 (Ladder (Continental) Crosswalk)..
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