# Road Signal Question Help, It's for my homework!

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-signal-question-help-its-for-my-homework/165598
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 1, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-signal-question-help-its-for-my-homework/165598 "2003-04-01T01:10:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-signal-question-help-its-for-my-homework/165598/1 "2003-04-01T01:10:49Z")

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What does it mean if there are two yellow lines in the road, one solid, and one dotted?

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### Author: ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-signal-question-help-its-for-my-homework/165598/2 "2003-04-01T01:14:00Z")

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Is this for real?

One solid and one dashed means that you may pass slow moving vehicles if the dashed line is on your side and you don’t endanger oncoming traffic.

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### Author: ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-signal-question-help-its-for-my-homework/165598/3 "2003-04-01T01:20:11Z")

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Thanks so much! (Hey, whaddya mean by ‘Is this for real’?)😉

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### Author: ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-signal-question-help-its-for-my-homework/165598/4 "2003-04-01T02:08:35Z")

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I just figured it’s something that everyone knows without having to be told?

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### Author: ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-signal-question-help-its-for-my-homework/165598/5 "2003-04-01T02:16:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Topaz \*  
> \*\*Thanks so much! (Hey, whaddya mean by ‘Is this for real’?)😉 \*\*

Probably because this is a basic driver’s education question.

You should have been able to find the answer on your own state’s DMV web site.

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### Author: ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-signal-question-help-its-for-my-homework/165598/6 "2003-04-01T02:47:23Z")

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We don’t encourage using the SDMB for homework help unless all other reasonable resources have been exhausted. I’ll close this thread, especially since the question has been answered.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ