When the road is marked with a solid yellow line and a broken yellow line on your side 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 if traffic is clear.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says yellow lines separate traffic moving in opposite directions. When a solid and broken line are paired, the side with the broken line may pass if it is safe and does not interfere with traffic. Since the broken yellow line is on your side, passing is allowed when traffic is clear.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Only in an emergency — The handbook does not make passing on the broken-line side an emergency-only action; it allows passing when safe and non-interfering.
- B. If you are on an expressway — The handbook ties this rule to opposite-direction traffic separated by yellow lines, not to being on an expressway.
- D. Only at an intersection — The handbook does not limit passing from the broken-line side to intersections; it allows it when safe and clear.
Remember it
Broken on your side, passing is allowed when clear; solid on your side, stay put.