A broken yellow line alongside a solid yellow line means:
- Passing on the left is permitted from either direction.
- Passing is permitted from the lane next to the broken line. ✓
- Passing is permitted from the lane next to the solid line.
- Passing is not allowed from either direction.
Answer: B. Passing is permitted from the lane next to the broken line.
Passing is permitted from the lane next to the broken yellow line when it is safe.
Why this is the answer
The handbook describes paired yellow lines by which side is broken. When the broken line is on your side and the solid line is on the other side, passing in your lane is allowed when safe. The lane beside the solid line is the opposite case: passing is not allowed there. So the broken line marks the side that may pass; the solid line marks the side that may not.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Passing on the left is permitted from either direction. — Passing from either direction is wrong because the solid-line side is the side where passing is not allowed.
- C. Passing is permitted from the lane next to the solid line. — The lane next to the solid yellow line is the side where passing is not allowed, not the side where it is permitted.
- D. Passing is not allowed from either direction. — A broken yellow line next to a solid one does not ban passing from both directions; the broken-line side may pass when safe.
Remember it
Think of the broken line as the side that opens passing for your lane; the solid line keeps that lane closed to passing.