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 it is safe and you will not interfere with traffic.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says that when two lines separate opposite-direction traffic and one is solid while the other is broken, the side with the broken line may cross it to pass. That permission comes with a condition: the pass must be safe and must not interfere with other traffic. So the broken line on your side opens the door, but clear traffic and a safe gap are what actually let you go. The solid line on the other side still forbids those drivers from passing.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Only in an emergency. — The handbook ties the broken line to safe passing, not to emergencies; it does not limit crossing to emergency situations.
- B. If you are on an expressway. — Nothing in the passage makes this marking rule apply only to expressways; it describes ordinary opposite-direction lanes.
- D. Only at an intersection. — The manual says nothing about passing only at intersections; the broken line allows passing wherever it is safe.
Remember it
Broken line by you means the door is open, but only if the road is clear and nobody has to change what they are doing.