If you see an edge line that angles inward on a road, it means:
- The speed limit is decreasing.
- The road is narrowing. ✓
- The road is getting wider.
- The speed limit is increasing.
Answer: B. The road is narrowing.
An edge line that angles inward toward the center of the road means the road is narrowing ahead.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's pavement markings chapter explains that solid lines along the side of the road mark where the travel lane ends and the shoulder begins. When that edge line angles toward the center of the road, the manual says the road is narrower ahead. So the inward angle is telling you the lane is being squeezed, and you should be ready for less room. The chapter review question asks the same thing, confirming this is the meaning the test expects.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. The speed limit is decreasing. — Nothing in the passages ties the inward angle of an edge line to a lower speed limit; it describes the width of the road, not a posted limit.
- C. The road is getting wider. — The handbook says the road is narrower ahead, so a line angling inward signals less room, not more.
- D. The speed limit is increasing. — The passages never connect edge line angles to a rising speed limit; the marking is about the road narrowing.
Remember it
Picture the line leaning in toward the middle of the road: the space is closing in, so the road gets narrower.