(31/133) A driver traveling on the frontage road of a controlled-access highway must yield the right-of-way to a vehicle:
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Explanation
AI Difficulty Assessment
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Question Analysis
This question tests knowledge of right-of-way rules on frontage roads (also called service roads) adjacent to controlled-access highways, as covered in the Texas Driver Handbook section on right-of-way. The handbook states that a driver on a frontage road must yield the right-of-way to vehicles entering or about to enter the frontage road from the main lanes of the highway, and also to vehicles leaving or about to leave the frontage road to enter the highway. In other words, traffic on the frontage road must yield to traffic moving between the highway and the frontage road in both directions. This is because vehicles merging from a high-speed highway onto the frontage road, and vehicles crossing the frontage road to enter the highway, require extra caution and space. Therefore, the correct answer is 'Both of the above.'
Correct Answer Analysis
Correct Answer: Both of the above.
The correct option is 'Both of the above' because Texas right-of-way rules require a frontage road driver to yield to vehicles entering or about to enter the frontage road from the highway, as well as to vehicles leaving or about to leave the frontage road to enter the highway. Both situations involve vehicles transitioning between the highway and the frontage road, and the frontage road driver must give way to them.
Wrong Options Analysis
Option: Entering or about to enter the frontage road from the highway.
This statement is true but incomplete. It correctly identifies one situation where the frontage road driver must yield, but it omits the other required situation (vehicles leaving the frontage road to enter the highway). Because the question asks for the full requirement, this option alone is not the best answer.
Option: Leaving or about to leave the frontage road to enter the highway.
This statement is also true but incomplete. It correctly identifies one situation where the frontage road driver must yield, but it omits the other required situation (vehicles entering the frontage road from the highway). Because the question asks for the full requirement, this option alone is not the best answer.
Option: None of the above.
This is incorrect because at least one of the listed situations is true, and in fact both are true. Texas law requires yielding in both cases, so 'None of the above' cannot be correct.
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