USCG Exam Practice · Rule 10 — Traffic Separation Schemes
A vessel not intending to use a traffic separation scheme is navigating in the vicinity of one. What does Rule 10 require of her?
- AShe shall proceed through the scheme at right angles to the traffic flow
- BShe shall avoid the scheme by as wide a margin as is practicable✓ correct
- CShe shall use the inshore traffic zone instead of the scheme
- DShe has no specific obligation unless she enters a traffic lane
Why B is correct
33 CFR §83.10(h) requires that a vessel not using a traffic separation scheme shall avoid it by as wide a margin as is practicable. This is an affirmative obligation, not a passive one.
Cited:33 CFR §83.10
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