The reduced speed shown on a Texas school zone sign is in effect at what times?
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A.
Only during arrival and dismissal periods.
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B.
All day when school is in session.
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C.
From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays.
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D.
Only when the yellow light is flashing. Correct
The answer is "Only when the yellow light is flashing."
The Texas manual ties school-zone speed to the flashing yellow light, not to a schedule. Choice B tempts drivers whose habit is to treat the reduced limit as an all-day rule; that habit comes from residential streets near schools that keep a low limit posted around the clock, but Texas school zones use the flashing yellow as the on/off switch.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Only during arrival and dismissal periods.
Ties the reduction to bell times, which the manual does not do. Guessed the reduction covered only bus loading and dismissal, skipping the flashing-light rule the manual sets.
B. All day when school is in session.
Extends the school-zone reduction to hours the manual does not. Copied a habit from residential streets near schools that keep a low posted limit all day.
C. From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays.
Assigns a fixed clock window the Texas manual never sets. Borrowed a schedule read on a school warning sign elsewhere and treated those hours as universal.
This question tests your knowledge of Speed Limits in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Chapter 5: Signals, Signs, and Markers - Regulatory and Warning Signs," p.31..
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