On a Texas roadway with more than one lane in your direction, what is the farthest left lane reserved for?
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A.
Emergency stops
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B.
Slower traffic
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C.
Vehicles preparing to exit
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D.
Passing only Correct
The answer is "Passing only"
The farthest left lane is for passing only. Slower traffic stays right; drivers pull out to pass and drop back once the pass is done. Choice C borrows the left-side exit habit from interchanges where the exit does peel off the left, then treats one interchange layout as a general rule for the leftmost lane.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Emergency stops
The manual reserves the shoulder for breakdowns, not the leftmost lane. Confuses a shoulder marker from the same signs chapter with the leftmost through lane, two surfaces the chapter treats apart.
B. Slower traffic
Slower traffic belongs in the right lane. Flips the passing rule end for end, a habit drivers pick up on rural roads where the left lane sits empty most of the day.
C. Vehicles preparing to exit
Exit lanes are marked separately from the leftmost through lane. Borrows the left-exit habit from interchanges where the exit does peel off the left, treating one interchange pattern as a general lane rule.
This question tests your knowledge of Lane Changes & Merging in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Signals, Signs, and Markers (regulatory signs table)," p.31..
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