Lane Ends sign
A free practice question for the California permit test, with the answer explained.
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What is this sign warning you about?
The rule
A Lane Ends sign warns that a lane is about to end. Drivers in that lane need to merge into the next lane when there is a safe gap.
A Lane Ends sign means one lane is about to end. If you are in it, signal and merge into the next lane when there is a safe gap.
From the California Driver Handbook, section 7, page 37. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
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