You are starting a pass on a Texas two-lane road. According to the manual, which signal should you turn on first?
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A.
High beams flashed twice.
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B.
Right turn signal.
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C.
Hazard flashers.
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D.
Left turn signal. Correct
The answer is "Left turn signal."
Step one of the passing sequence on a two-lane road is turning on your left turn signal so drivers behind you know your plan. The reasoning error in B is jumping ahead to the return step of the pass, where the right signal is used to move back over once the other car is cleared.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. High beams flashed twice.
High-beam flashes belong to the truck-passing courtesy at night, not to the general signal rule. This answer confuses the truck-passing courtesy at night with the turn-signal step every two-lane pass starts on.
B. Right turn signal.
The right signal belongs to the return-to-lane step, after you have cleared the other car. This answer skips ahead to the return step of the pass, when the right signal is used to move back over.
C. Hazard flashers.
Hazard flashers are reserved for disabled or emergency-parked vehicles, not for a routine pass. This answer substitutes a warning-flasher habit meant for a stopped vehicle for the turn-signal rule at the start of the pass.
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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