You reach a traffic light that requires you to stop at an intersection with no white stop line painted. Where does the manual say to stop?
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A.
Where the front of your car crosses the sensor
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B.
At the near edge of the intersection
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C.
Before the crosswalk on the near side Correct
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D.
Ten feet back from the signal pole
The answer is "Before the crosswalk on the near side"
At intersections without a painted stop line, you must stop before the crosswalk when a sign, a signal, or a pedestrian in the crosswalk requires the stop. Drivers picking the near edge of the intersection are using the ease-up-to-the-edge habit they rely on at uncontrolled corners to see cross traffic, and reading that pavement edge as the reference the manual actually pins to the crosswalk.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Where the front of your car crosses the sensor
A signal sensor triggers a light change but does not set the stop position; the crosswalk sets it. This answer confuses the pavement loop that trips the signal with the marking that fixes where the vehicle has to stop, using one function of the pavement to answer for another.
B. At the near edge of the intersection
The manual anchors the stop to the crosswalk, which sits ahead of the intersection edge itself. This answer uses the ease-up-to-the-edge habit drivers rely on at uncontrolled corners to see cross traffic, and mistakes that pavement edge for the reference the manual pins to the crosswalk.
D. Ten feet back from the signal pole
The manual sets no distance from the signal pole; the crosswalk is the reference point, not the hardware on the corner. This answer reaches for a fixed numeric setback like the 15-to-50-foot railroad-crossing distance and misapplies it to a traffic light, where the manual gives no such figure.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Markings in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Pavement Markings, Crosswalks," p.34..
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