You have just passed a vehicle on a Texas two-lane road. According to the manual, when may you return to the right lane?
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A.
After your passenger confirms the lane is clear.
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B.
When the passed driver flashes their headlights at you.
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C.
Once you can see the passed car in your rearview mirror. Correct
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D.
As soon as your rear bumper clears the other vehicle.
The answer is "Once you can see the passed car in your rearview mirror."
The manual sets a visual check: wait until you can see the car you just passed in your rearview mirror, then move back to the right lane. In D, a feel-based bumper-clearance guess stands in for the mirror confirmation the manual writes into the passing steps.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. After your passenger confirms the lane is clear.
The manual puts the confirmation on your own rearview mirror, not on a passenger's judgment. This answer delegates the check to a passenger, which the manual never asks; the confirmation belongs to the driver's mirror.
B. When the passed driver flashes their headlights at you.
A headlight-flash cue belongs to the truck-passing courtesy, not to the general two-lane rule. This answer imports the truck-passing signal into a rule the manual settles with a mirror check.
D. As soon as your rear bumper clears the other vehicle.
The manual asks for a visual check in the mirror, not a bumper-clearance guess. This answer trusts a feel-based rule of thumb about bumper clearance instead of the mirror check the manual writes into the passing steps.
This question tests your knowledge of Passing in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Chapter 6: Signaling, Passing, and Turning (How to Pass on a Two-Lane Road)," p.39..
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