Roadway marking layouts — Alaska Permit Test
Roadway marking layouts on the Alaska permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
On a two-lane, two-way roadway where passing is prohibited in both directions, crossing the center line is permitted only as part of a left turn.
The lines are solid because a driver cannot see far enough ahead to pass safely, so the only reason to cross is to turn off the road.
Two-lane, two-way roadway passing prohibited both directions, crossing centerline permitted only as part of left turn maneuver.
Lanes reserved for buses, carpools and the like are marked with diamond markings and special signs.
A driver who misses the diamond can end up in a lane they are not allowed to use, and get a ticket.
Multi-lane, two-way roadways with preferential lanes assigned to buses, carpools, etc. Diamond markings and special signs are required.
On divided or one-way roadways, the left edge line is yellow; a single solid yellow line marks the left edge of a divided roadway.
A yellow line on your left tells you that you are on the correct side, with oncoming traffic beyond it.
Yellow left edge lines are on all divided or one-way roadways.
On the test
On a two-lane road with passing prohibited both ways, when may you cross the center line?
Only as part of a left turn. The lines are solid because a driver cannot see far enough ahead to pass safely, so the only reason to cross is to turn off the road. Alaska Driver Manual, p.60: “Two-lane, two-way roadway passing prohibited both directions, crossing centerline permitted only as part of left turn maneuver.”
How this works
Most practice tests hand you a bank of questions and leave the manual somewhere else. This one puts them together.
You read one law and the reason behind it, then answer a question on that law while it is still fresh. Get it right and you move on; get it wrong and you have found the gap while it is cheap to fix, not on the morning of the exam.
Learning one rule at a time, and proving it immediately, is what turns a manual you skimmed into something you actually know — and it makes studying feel like getting somewhere rather than like waiting to find out.
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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)