Lane Ends sign
A free practice question for the Massachusetts permit test, with the answer explained.
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What is this sign warning you about?
The rule
A Right Lane Ends sign warns that a lane is ending and the road narrows. Drivers in that lane must 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 Massachusetts Driver's Manual, page 84. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the RMV 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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