A flag person in a Texas work zone signals you to stop. What does the manual tell you to do?
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A.
Stop in your lane and do not veer right or left Correct
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B.
Move into the next lane before stopping
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C.
Make a U-turn to leave the work zone
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D.
Pull onto the shoulder and wait
The answer is "Stop in your lane and do not veer right or left"
The manual keeps you in your travel lane so the flag person can control traffic in a predictable pattern. Drivers pick the shoulder because a stopped car on the shoulder feels out of the way, but that habit comes from disabled-vehicle situations and puts you where equipment and workers stage inside a work zone.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Move into the next lane before stopping
Veering into another lane is exactly what the manual forbids when a flag person signals stop. This answer reads the stop as a chance to reposition, borrowed from lane-change habits on open highways.
C. Make a U-turn to leave the work zone
A U-turn is a route change, not a response to a stop signal from a flag person. This answer treats the stop as permission to leave, a habit some drivers pick up from avoiding traffic jams.
D. Pull onto the shoulder and wait
Pulling onto the shoulder is not what the manual asks; it breaks the pattern the flag person is controlling. This answer applies the disabled-vehicle habit of leaving the roadway to a flag-person stop that requires the opposite.
This question tests your knowledge of Construction Signs in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Flag Person," p.36..
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