A 3-minute lesson from the Utah course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Lines painted on the road tell you which way traffic flows, where you may pass, and where to stop. Yellow lines separate traffic moving in opposite directions; white lines separate lanes moving the same way.
Know the rule
Pavement markings divide lanes, show where you may pass or change lanes, mark turn lanes and crosswalks, and show where to stop for signs or signals.
Passing allowed only for the side with the broken lineDouble solid yellow: no passing either way
Know the rule
Crosswalks show where pedestrians may cross. At a stop sign or signal, stop behind the stop line or crosswalk. If none is marked, stop before the intersection or stop sign.
A lane that may carry traffic one way at some times and the opposite way at others, often at rush hour. It may have double-dashed yellow lines on either side and signals overhead.
You need to turn left into a store about a block away. You wait until you're within 500 feet, check your mirror and left blind spot, signal, and move into the center turn lane, then turn when oncoming traffic clears.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
On a two-way road with a solid yellow line and a dashed yellow line side by side, when may you pass?
When the dashed line is on your side
When the solid line is on your side
Never, in either direction
Only to pass a bicyclist
Answer: When the dashed line is on your side
With a solid and a dashed yellow line, passing is permitted only for traffic on the side of the dashed line.
