Never drive through a safety zone
A free practice question for the California permit test, with the answer explained.
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Can you ever drive through a safety zone?
The rule
A safety zone is space set aside on the road for people waiting for buses, streetcars, or trolleys, outlined with raised buttons or markers. Never drive through one.
A safety zone, outlined by raised buttons or markers, is space for people waiting for buses, streetcars, or trolleys. Never drive through one, even when it's empty.
From the California Driver Handbook, section 7, page 43. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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