According to the Texas manual, coasting in what situation is illegal?
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A.
On a downgrade in neutral Correct
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B.
When approaching any stop sign
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C.
When your parking brake is engaged
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D.
Anywhere on a paved road
The answer is "On a downgrade in neutral"
The Texas manual makes it illegal to coast on a downgrade with the gears or transmission in neutral. A driver who picks 'anywhere on a paved road' is turning a broad safe-habit warning many parents give into a general legal ban, mistaking a coaching phrase for the statute itself.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. When approaching any stop sign
The coasting rule does not address the approach to a stop sign. The coasting rule gets blended with general stop-sign approach advice.
C. When your parking brake is engaged
The parking brake is not part of the coasting rule; the ban is about neutral on a downgrade. Coasting gets confused with the brake-failure section elsewhere in the chapter.
D. Anywhere on a paved road
The manual limits its coasting ban to downgrades in neutral, not to every paved road. A general safe-driving habit from parent or instructor coaching gets treated as if it were law.
This question tests your knowledge of Parking in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Coasting," p.44..
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