On the Louisiana driver's test, the term "neutral ground" refers to:
A parking lot outside a courthouse.
The term is a highway feature, not a parking area.
The shoulder of the road.
The shoulder is called the shoulder in Louisiana too.
The median dividing a highway.
A neutral gear on the transmission.
The term is spatial, not mechanical.
Louisiana is the only US state where the official and common term for the median separating highway lanes is "neutral ground" — a colloquialism dating to 19th-century New Orleans. The state driver exam uses this local term exclusively. Everywhere else in the US, it's called a "median."
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