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Difficulty: EasyPassing, Overtaking, and Lane Changing Rules

While driving on a two-lane rural road, a motorist prepares to overtake a slower vehicle and notices an intersection located 80 feet ahead. What is the driver legally required to do in this situation?

  1. Remain in the current lane and delay passing until well clear of the intersection.Answer
  2. B
    Accelerate quickly to complete the pass before reaching the intersection boundary.
  3. C
    Exceed the posted speed limit temporarily to finish overtaking before entering the intersection.
  4. D
    Pass the vehicle on the right shoulder to avoid using the oncoming traffic lane near the intersection.

Answer

The driver must remain in their lane and delay passing until safely past the intersection, because passing another vehicle within 100 feet of an intersection is legally prohibited.
Under standard traffic safety laws, drivers are strictly prohibited from driving on the left side of the roadway to pass another vehicle when approaching within 100 feet of an intersection. Because the intersection is only 80 feet away, the driver must hold position until safely beyond the intersection.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the driver's location relative to the upcoming road hazard or landmark.
The vehicle is 80 feet away from an intersection.
Traffic safety rules set specific statutory distance limits for passing near intersections, bridges, tunnels, and railroad crossings.
2
Apply the statutory passing restriction rule for intersections.
Passing is prohibited within 100 feet of an intersection.
Since 80 feet is less than 100 feet, executing a pass at this location is illegal and creates a severe collision hazard with vehicles turning or entering from the cross street.

Key Concept

Statutory distance prohibitions for passing near intersections
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Passing, Overtaking, and Lane Changing Rules

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