Dashed yellow line on your side
A free practice question for the South Carolina permit test, with the answer explained.
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What does a dashed yellow center line next to your lane mean?
The rule
On a two-way road, you may pass when the dashed yellow line is on your side of the center lines.
A dashed yellow line on your side of the center lines means you may pass, but only when it is safe.
From the SCDMV Driver's License Manual, page 6-13. 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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