Roads with double solid yellow line markings down the center indicate that passing is:
- Allowed from both directions.
- Allowed only from your direction of travel.
- Not allowed from either direction. ✓
Answer: C. Not allowed from either direction.
Passing is not allowed from either direction when double solid yellow lines run down the center.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says not to pass over double solid yellow lines and to stay to the right of them. It lists limited exceptions, such as entering an HOV lane at a designated entrance, following signs when your side of the road is closed, or turning left across a single set of double yellow lines into a driveway, private road, or U-turn. Those exceptions do not make passing legal in either direction. A broken yellow line next to your lane is what can permit passing when safe. So the double solid marking means no passing from either direction.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Allowed from both directions. — Allowed from both directions is wrong because the handbook says do not pass over double solid yellow lines and stay to the right of them.
- B. Allowed only from your direction of travel. — Allowed only from your direction is wrong because the double solid yellow restriction applies to traffic on both sides, and a broken yellow line next to your lane is the marking that can allow passing when safe.
Remember it
Picture the two yellow lines as a fence you do not cross to pass; keep to the right and wait for a broken line on your side.