Road Markings

Road Markings questions, Virginia edition.

Each question links through to a full explanation, the rule it tests, and a citation back to the manual.

• The blue wheelchair symbol painted on a parking space marks the space as what? →
• A white bicycle symbol painted on the pavement next to a solid white lane line marks the lane as what? →
• The word BIKE is painted in white inside a travel lane. What does this pavement legend identify? →
• A yellow center line has a solid line on your side and a broken line on the side used by oncoming traffic. What does this require of you? →
• A broken white line runs along the right edge of the roadway between the through lane and an exit ramp. What does it permit a driver to do? →
• A broken white line separates your lane from the lane to your left, both traveling in the same direction. What does this marking permit? →
• A single broken yellow line runs down the center of a two-way roadway. What does it permit a driver to do? →
• The word BUS is painted in white in a travel lane. What tells you who may use the lane and during which hours? →
• A series of wide white bars is painted across the road, parallel to the direction of traffic, like piano keys. What does this marking indicate? →
• A lane line becomes a series of closely spaced short white dots through an interchange. What does this dotted pattern tell you about the lane? →
• Two broken yellow lines border a center lane with overhead lane-control signals. What authorizes a driver to enter that lane? →
• Two parallel solid white lines separate lanes traveling in the same direction. What do they require of a driver in one of those lanes? →
• What do two solid yellow lines painted down the center of a two-way road require of a driver? →
• Solid green pavement bordered by white lines identifies what? →
• What does a lane with this pavement marking indicate? →
• Traffic on the far side of the intersection has stopped as you reach a white KEEP CLEAR legend painted across your lane. What does the marking require of you? →
• What does this crosswalk require of a driver approaching it? →
• What does this lane-reduction arrow require you to do? →
• A lane is marked on the pavement with a white arrow that points both left and right. What does this require of a driver in that lane? →
• A white left-turn arrow is painted in the lane you are driving in as you approach an intersection. What does it require? →