Double yellow barrier
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Two sets of solid double yellow lines are painted 2 feet or more apart. What are they?
The rule
Two sets of double solid yellow lines spaced 2 feet or more apart form a barrier. Don't drive on or over it, or turn left or make a U-turn across it; cross only at marked openings.
Two sets of double yellow lines, 2 feet or more apart, form a barrier. Don't drive over it or turn across it unless there's a marked opening.
From the California Driver Handbook, section 6, page 13. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
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