Is it legal cross a double solid yellow centerline to pass?
- Yes.
- No. ✓
- If there is no oncoming traffic.
- If the vehicle ahead of you is driving under the speed limit.
Answer: B. No.
No, you may not cross a double solid yellow centerline to pass.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's pavement marking section says vehicles moving in either direction must not pass or cross double solid yellow lines. A narrow exception allows a left turn or passing a bicyclist when it is safe, but ordinary passing of another vehicle is not permitted. The passing chapter repeats this, listing a double-sided yellow line that is solid in your lane as a place where you may not pass. So the presence or absence of oncoming traffic does not make it legal.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Yes. — The handbook states that vehicles going either way must not pass or cross these lines, so a simple yes is wrong.
- C. If there is no oncoming traffic. — Clear oncoming traffic does not matter here, because the rule bans crossing and passing at these lines outright, with only a left turn or bicyclist exception.
- D. If the vehicle ahead of you is driving under the speed limit. — A slow vehicle ahead does not create an exception; the lines still forbid passing, and the only permitted moves are turning left or passing a bicyclist when safe.
Remember it
Two solid yellows mean stay in your lane: no passing, no crossing, whether or not the road looks clear ahead.