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Red Marking
Indicates no parking zones
Double solid white lines
Seperate two lanes of traffic going in the same direction. Used to designate HOV lanes or expressways. Don't cross these lines.
A shared lane marking
or sharrow, consists of a bicycle symbol with a double chevron arrow above it and is used on travel lanes too narrow for motor vehicles and bicycles to share side-by-side. Sharrows clarify where bicyclists are encouraged to ride in the lane and remind drivers to expect bicyclists on the road.
Blue curb
parking reserved with people with disablities
Toll facilities accept payment using E ZPASS toll transpondrs.
If you have a transpondor approuch a toll plaza and look for the purple E Z PASS follow sign. If not, go to the cash only lanes.
Yield Line
Line of triangles across a roadway to show a point where you must yield or stop. Often used at a rounabout.
Red curb
No stopping, standing, or parking
Solid white line
Show turning lanes and discourage lane changes near intersections, interchange/on and off ramps, and at other locations where lane changes may be dangerous. Solid white lines also mark right edge of pavement. Arrows used with white lines indication which turn may be made from the lane. Stop lines, crosswalks, and parking spaces are marked by white lines.
How to approuch toll plaza
Some vehicles have high speed lanes reserved for vehicles with E Z PASS transpondrs, do not enter unless you have. If you do, do not stop, cameras will capture vehicle plate and you will be billed.
Yellow curb
Stop only long enough to load or unload. Stay with your car.
White curb
Stop only long enough to pick up or drop off passengers
Whit lane arrows are curved or straight
You can turn in the direction of the arrow, if there's an only you can only go that way
Bicycle lane
indicated by a solid or dashed white line or green pavement marking, and a bicylist symbol. Drivers should not drive in this lane excpet when turning left or right, before turning check mirrors for bicyclists and yield to them in the lane.
Double solid yellow lines
mark the center of the road and separate traffic traveling in two different directions. Passing is not allowed in either direction. You may not cross the lines unless you are making a left turn.
Many two-lane roads in VA do not have lane markings to separate the lanes. On an unmarked two-lane road, you ____________
may pass a slow moving vehicle on the left side if there are no signs prohibiting passing.
broken yellow center line alongside a solid yellow line
passing is allowed from side of broken line, but not solid line
Broken yellow center lines
passing on the left is allowed in either direction when the way ahead is clear
Broken white line
seperate lanes of traffic in same direction, you may change lanes with caution
Red reflectors
show areas not to be entered or used, only traffic flowing in wrong direction can observe these
Dotted white lines
show lane assignment in intersections and interchanges where there might otherwise be a tendency to drift out of a line or an area of intended use. Often guide two turning lanes through an intersection. Also denote opening of a turning lane at an intersection and entracne/ exit lanes at interchanges
If HOV lanes are separated by a barrier...
they are reversable, certain times of the day traffic flows one way. During other times of the day traffic flows the opposite. Diamond shape also indicates bus lane.
Yellow Center Line
two way traffic, flowing in opposite directions
Pavement markings
warn drivers and regulate traffic, may be used alone or in combinations
If the center lane is marked by a single broken yellow line on both sides
Drivers traveling in either direction may use the center lane for passing
If both sides of the center lane are marked by a solid yellow line and a broken yellow line
Drivers traveling in either direction may use the lane for making left turns. However they may not travel further then 150 ft in this lane
HOV
High Occupancy Vehicle lanes are marked on highways by a diamond shape in the center of the lane. HOV lanes may also be special lanes separated by a barrier or solid double white lines.