Pavement marking colors — Alaska Permit Test
Pavement marking colors on the Alaska permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Yellow markings, such as center lines, separate traffic going in opposite directions.
Crossing a yellow line puts you in the path of oncoming traffic, so you need to know at a glance which side is yours.
Yellow markings, such as center lines, separate traffic flow going in opposite directions.
White markings, such as lane lines, separate traffic going in the same direction.
White lines tell you the car in the next lane is moving your way, so changing lanes is a merge, not a head-on risk.
White markings, such as lane lines, separate traffic going in the same direction.
Dashed lines are permissive.
A gap in the line is the road telling you crossing it is allowed when it is safe.
Dashed lines are permissive.
Solid yellow lines are prohibitive.
A solid yellow line marks where crossing is forbidden, usually because you cannot see oncoming traffic far enough ahead.
Solid white lines are restrictive, and solid yellow lines are prohibitive.
It is illegal to drive on the shoulder of Alaska roadways.
The shoulder is for stopped cars, walkers and emergencies, and a driver using it as a lane runs into them.
It is illegal to drive on the shoulder of roadways.
Pavement markings have the same force of law as signs or signals.
A line painted on the road is a rule like any sign, and ignoring it can get you a ticket or into a crash.
Pavement markings have the same force of law as signs or signals.
On the test
What do yellow pavement markings separate?
Traffic going in opposite directions. Crossing a yellow line puts you in the path of oncoming traffic, so you need to know at a glance which side is yours. Alaska Driver Manual, p.59: “Yellow markings, such as center lines, separate traffic flow going in opposite directions.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Alaska Driver Manual, published by the Alaska Department of Administration, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AK.pdf (Alaska Driver Manual, REV.10/2025, Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AK.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- https://dmv.alaska.gov/credential-services/drivermanual/ (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)
- https://dmv.alaska.gov/credential-services/instruction-permit/ (read 2026-10-04; states no count or mark)
- https://dmv.alaska.gov/credential-services/your-first-alaska-drivers-license/ (read 2026-10-04; states no count or mark)
- https://www.akleg.gov/basis/aac.asp?media=print&secStart=2.90.010&secEnd=2.90.990 (2 AAC 90, read 2026-10-04; 2 AAC 90.420(h)(2) sets the knowledge test's retest wait and no figure)