A warning sign tells you the road you are on joins with another road ahead. According to the Texas manual, what should you do?
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A.
Speed up so you can merge before the joining road narrows
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B.
Continue at your current speed since joining traffic yields
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C.
Come to a complete stop until the joining road is empty
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D.
Slow down or stop if necessary and yield the right-of-way Correct
The answer is "Slow down or stop if necessary and yield the right-of-way"
When your road joins another, the manual tells you to slow down or stop if necessary and yield the right-of-way to traffic already on that road. Choice B traps drivers who assume the through vehicle has priority; the sign is posted for the driver on the joining road, so the priority runs the other way.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Speed up so you can merge before the joining road narrows
The manual tells you to slow down or stop if needed, not to speed up. This answer applies the on-ramp merge habit (matching mainline speed) to a sign that instead assigns you the yield.
B. Continue at your current speed since joining traffic yields
The sign is posted for the joining driver, so you are the one who must yield. This answer assumes you are the through vehicle when the sign is actually addressing the driver on the joining road.
C. Come to a complete stop until the joining road is empty
The manual asks for a slowdown, with a stop only if needed to yield safely. This answer escalates a merge warning into a stop-sign response, treating every yield rule as a required halt.
This question tests your knowledge of Warning Signs in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Regulatory and Warning Signs," p.31..
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