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 if traffic is clear when the broken yellow line is next to your lane.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says broken or dashed lines permit you to pass or change lanes when it is safe. It also says you may cross a broken line when passing another vehicle, but you must not cross when it is not safe or when the line on your side is solid yellow. With the broken line next to your lane, the solid yellow line is not on your side, so passing is allowed when traffic is clear.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Only in an emergency. — The passages allow passing across a broken line when it is safe, not only in an emergency.
- B. If you are on an expressway. — The passages do not make this rule depend on being on an expressway; they tie it to the broken line and safe conditions.
- D. Only at an intersection. — The passages do not limit passing to intersections; they permit crossing a broken line when safe.
Remember it
Broken line on your side means you may pass when clear; solid line on your side means stay put.
Official handbook: Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), Chapter 5: Signals, Signs, and Markers , p. 33