You should NEVER pass another vehicle

1. near the crest of a hill ✓
2. in heavy rain
3. on an unfamiliar road
4. on a two-lane road at night

Answer: A. near the crest of a hill

You should never pass another vehicle near the crest of a hill.

Why this is the answer

The handbook is blunt about this: when you are coming up to the top of a hill, do not pass. Your view is blocked by the hill, so you cannot see what is coming or what hazard is waiting on the other side. Passing there means committing before you can see whether it is safe. The same passage treats a hill or curve that hides the road ahead as a vision block and tells you to be very careful when you cannot see the whole scene. That directly supports never passing near a crest.

Why the other answers are wrong

• B. in heavy rain — Heavy rain is listed as a vision block that calls for extra caution, not as a blanket rule that passing is never allowed.
• C. on an unfamiliar road — An unfamiliar road is not named in the passages as a place where passing is always forbidden; the concern is whether you can see ahead.
• D. on a two-lane road at night — A two-lane road at night is not covered by a blanket no-passing rule in the passages; the stated danger is a blocked view, such as at a hill crest.

Remember it

If you can't see over the rise, don't pull out to pass — wait until the road ahead is visible.