Diagonal stripes sloping downward right on a barricade or panel mean:
- The driver should stop.
- The driver should bear to the right. ✓
- The driver should bear to the left.
- The driver should drive in a straight line.
Answer: B. The driver should bear to the right.
Diagonal stripes that slope downward to the right mean the driver should bear to the right.
Why this is the answer
The handbook explains that stripes on a barricade or vertical panel guide you toward the direction traffic should pass. It spells out both cases: stripes sloping down to the right mean bear right, and stripes sloping down to the left mean bear left. So you read the direction the stripes fall and move that way around the closed area.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. The driver should stop. — Nothing in the stripe rule tells you to stop; the stripes only point you toward the side to pass on.
- C. The driver should bear to the left. — Bearing left matches stripes that slope downward to the left, which is the opposite of what is asked here.
- D. The driver should drive in a straight line. — The stripes are meant to move you toward one side of the barricade, not to keep you going straight.
Remember it
Follow the slope: stripes falling to the right send you right, stripes falling to the left send you left.
Official handbook: Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), Chapter 5: Signals, Signs, and Markers , p. 36