When the road is marked with a solid yellow line and a broken yellow line, with the broken line next to your lane, you may pass:
- Only in an emergency.
- If you are on an expressway.
- If traffic is clear. ✓
- Only at an intersection.
Answer: C. If traffic is clear.
You may pass when the broken yellow line is on your side, as long as traffic is clear and it is safe to do so.
Why this is the answer
The handbook describes the pattern where the broken yellow line sits on your side of the center and the solid yellow line is on the other side. In that situation, passing is permitted in your lane when it is safe. The other pattern is the opposite: if the solid line is on your side, you may not pass. So the broken line next to you is what opens the door to passing, and you still have to judge that the way is clear before you go.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Only in an emergency. — The handbook ties passing to safety, not to an emergency — the broken line on your side allows passing whenever it is safe.
- B. If you are on an expressway. — Nothing in the markings rule limits passing to expressways; the rule is about which line is on your side of the center.
- D. Only at an intersection. — The handbook says nothing about passing only at intersections, and passing through one would not be the point of the broken line.
Remember it
Look at the line closest to your wheels: broken beside you means you may pass when it is safe, solid beside you means stay put.