A striped barricade in a Texas work zone has diagonal stripes sloping downward to the right. What are you being told to do?
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A.
Reverse to the previous exit
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B.
Bear to the right Correct
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C.
Bear to the left
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D.
Stop and wait for a signal
The answer is "Bear to the right"
The manual reads the diagonal stripes as an arrow pointing where traffic should go, so a downward-right slope steers you to the right. Drivers who pick 'bear to the left' read the stripe like a chevron sign, taking the raised upper-left end as the arrow's point and heading toward it instead of following the slope down.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Reverse to the previous exit
The striped barricade does not instruct reversing on a roadway. This answer treats the channelizing barricade like the ROAD CLOSED sign that stops all forward traffic.
C. Bear to the left
Downward-right stripes point right; the direction the driver should bear matches the slope. This answer reads the stripes like a chevron sign, treating the raised upper-left end of the slope as the arrow's point and heading toward it instead of following the slope down to the right.
D. Stop and wait for a signal
A striped barricade is a channelizing guide, not a stop signal. This answer reads any barricade as a barrier that blocks passage rather than a guide that channels it around one.
This question tests your knowledge of Construction Signs in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Chapter 5: Signals, Signs, and Markers (Channelizing Devices, Pass to the Right)," p.36..
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