According to the Texas manual, what color are the lines painted across a road to mark a pedestrian crosswalk?
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A.
White Correct
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B.
Blue
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C.
Yellow
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D.
Red
The answer is "White"
The manual says white crosswalk lines are painted across a road to indicate pedestrian crossing areas. Drivers who reach for yellow are pulling from the color of the center line that divides oncoming traffic, since yellow reads to them as the default color for driver warnings.
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B. Blue
Blue paint marks accessible parking spaces and their access aisles, not pedestrian crossings on the road. This answer pulls the blue paint used inside accessible parking spaces onto crosswalks because both involve pedestrians on foot.
C. Yellow
Yellow marks the center line dividing oncoming lanes, not the striping across the road at a pedestrian crossing. This answer assumes yellow stands for every safety marking on the pavement, because it is the color new drivers see most often.
D. Red
Red appears on painted curbs in some cities to bar parking, not on crosswalk striping on the road. This answer borrows the color of a painted no-parking curb and files every warning-adjacent marking under that same red.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Markings in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Pavement Markings - Crosswalks," p.34..
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