Driving around a barricade that has been placed where water is over any portion of a road is punishable by what?
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A.
Up to $2,000, up to 180 days in jail, or both Correct
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B.
A $500 fine and 30 days in jail
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C.
A fine of $1 to $200
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D.
A written warning if no crash results
The answer is "Up to $2,000, up to 180 days in jail, or both"
The manual escalates this offense to a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $2,000, up to 180 days in jail, or both. Drivers who read the $1-to-$200 base fine one paragraph earlier and stop there pick C, because the flooded-road escalation sits in a separate sentence right after that base-fine line.
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B. A $500 fine and 30 days in jail
Those are not the flooded-road barricade penalties stated in this section; the offense caps at $2,000, 180 days in jail, or both. This answer splits the difference between the $1-to-$200 base fine and the $2,000 Class B cap, guessing at a middle dollar-and-days pair instead of reading which cap the flooded-road sentence sets.
C. A fine of $1 to $200
The $1-to-$200 range covers the ordinary barricade violation; the manual raises it to a Class B misdemeanor whenever the barricade marks a road with water over it. This answer applies the general barricade-around fine printed one paragraph earlier and stops before the flooded-road escalation sentence right after it.
D. A written warning if no crash results
The Class B misdemeanor applies whether or not a crash follows; the penalty attaches to going around the barricade, not to any harm afterward. This answer comes from expecting that a violation causing no damage ends in a warning rather than a charge.
This question tests your knowledge of Construction Signs in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Chapter 5: Signals, Signs, and Markers (Obey Warning Signs and Barricades)," p.37..
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