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Florida Drivers Handbook Test

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In addition to other equipment - our vehicle is required to have a white light that makes the license plate visible from _____ - a windshield wiper and a horn?
Issued a ticket
200 feet
50 feet
Judgment

2. What are the penalties for driving under the influence (DUI)?
Prevent skidding and allow drivers to steer during an emergency braking situation. ABS can help improve vehicle stability (avoiding spin-outs) - steering ability (directing the car where the driver wants it to go) and stopping capability (distance ne
Suspended - revoked - taken away - or be fined
Not allowed to be driven on an expressway because it is against the law
30 days

3. Give three examples of loads that need to be covered to avoid items - falling or blowing on roadway.
10 Days
55 mph
Dirt - sand - lime-rock - gravel - silica - trash or garbage
Give the owner your name - address - tag number - and phone number- put it on where the vehicle was hit.

4. How long can the drawbar be between the towing vehicle and the vehicle being towed?
Must not be more than 15 feet long
Fined and placed in prison upon conviction
Dirt - sand - lime-rock - gravel - silica - trash or garbage
Two clearance lamps

5. If a school bus stops to unload children on a four-lane highway divided only by a four-foot paved strip - vehicles traveling in the opposite direction...
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.
Two clearance lamps
Must stop
Not allowed to be driven on an expressway because it is against the law

6. What does a double solid yellow line in the center of the highway mean? What does a double solid white line in the center of the highway mean?
Double Solid Yellow Line - Separates two lanes of traffic going in the same direction. And may not cross
Towing connection with a vehicle
Must go to the next exit
Just follow a traffic officer

7. What is the recommended safe following distance?
30 mph
Leave plenty of space between you and vehicle ahead
Suspended - revoked - taken away - or be fined
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.

8. What is the maximum speed limit in a residential area if there is no speed limit sign?
Sunrise and Sunset
30 mph
Should not stop
Broken White Line - separates two lanes traveling in the same direction and you may cross this line when changing lanes

9. If your driver license is suspended for too many points - what type of insurance must you either purchase or prove that you had on the effective date of the suspension?
...
Move forward first
Give the owner your name - address - tag number - and phone number- put it on where the vehicle was hit.
(The Financial Responsibility Law)

10. When approaching another vehicle from the rear at night - within How many feet must you dim your bright headlights?
3 feet of clearance and slow down
Two red taillights mounted on the rear and visible from 1000 feet
500 feet
Double Solid Yellow Line - Separates two lanes of traffic going in the same direction. And may not cross

11. What does a red traffic light mean? What does a flashing red traffic light mean?
...
(The Financial Responsibility Law)
Red Traffic Light - Full Stop Flashing Red Traffic
Left

12. Under what conditions must you use your headlights when driving in the daytime?
Broken White Line - separates two lanes traveling in the same direction and you may cross this line when changing lanes
Rain - Fog - Smoke
500 feet
Two red lights on the back of a vehicle

13. Can you proceed with caution when you approach...
500 feet
A flashing yellow light
Solid Yellow Line - May not pass - except when turning left
Broken White Line - separates two lanes traveling in the same direction and you may cross this line when changing lanes

14. What should you do when preparing to turn right on a roadway with a bike lane?
Park your car
4 white flags at least 12 inches square attached to it.
Signal your turn - check for bicyclists - and do not turn directly in front of a bicyclist
Give the owner your name - address - tag number - and phone number- put it on where the vehicle was hit.

15. If a trailer covers the stoplight of the towing vehicle - where else must a stoplight be?
Move forward first
Stop Signs - Four-way stops - Open Intersections - Roundabouts - Pedestrians
Solid Yellow Line - May not pass - except when turning left
Two clearance lamps

16. What is the maximum speed limit for passenger cars on a two-lane highway during the daytime?
Stop and Yield to the right-of-way because that person has the right of way
200 Feet
55 mph
(The Financial Responsibility Law)

17. What rights and duties do riders of bicycles and mopeds have?
The Florida Highway Patrol - the Sheriff's Department - or the city police department
Solid Yellow Line - May not pass - except when turning left
The same things as motor vehicle except the right of way
(The Financial Responsibility Law)

18. What are the penalties for littering?
Operate a farm tractor on the highway
Stop Signs - Four-way stops - Open Intersections - Roundabouts - Pedestrians
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.
(The Financial Responsibility Law)

19. After a crash has been investigated by an officer - the driver does not need to send a _______ to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
If the way is clear
Written report
Broken White Line - separates two lanes traveling in the same direction and you may cross this line when changing lanes
50 feet

20. You may not drive with just your parking lights on - in place of your headlights because...
It is against the law
Broken White Line - separates two lanes traveling in the same direction and you may cross this line when changing lanes
Tax Collector or DMW
Just follow a traffic officer

21. What must you do when you see a pedestrian with a white cane in the street ahead of you?
Stop and Yield to the right-of-way because that person has the right of way
Solid Yellow Line - May not pass - except when turning left
200 feet
Under the age of 5 years old

22. Where do you usually find 'YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY' signs posted?
4 white flags at least 12 inches square attached to it.
Stop Signs - Four-way stops - Open Intersections - Roundabouts - Pedestrians
Two red taillights mounted on the rear and visible from 1000 feet
Required to stop

23. What do anti-lock braking systems prevent when used in an emergency stopping situation?
Move forward without stopping first
Should not stop
Driver
Prevent skidding and allow drivers to steer during an emergency braking situation. ABS can help improve vehicle stability (avoiding spin-outs) - steering ability (directing the car where the driver wants it to go) and stopping capability (distance ne

24. When one vehicle is towing another by means of a chain - What does the chain need to have displayed on it?
Towing connection with a vehicle
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.
Must stop
...

25. At what places is it unlawful to overtake and pass?
You can go turn either left or right
All passengers
Park in or drive through areas that have pavement markings indicating fire lanes or safety zones. (5.31.3 - Where Parking is not Allowed)
Two red lights on the back of a vehicle

26. After passing a vehicle - you must return to the right side of the road before coming within How many feet of an oncoming vehicle?
A flashing yellow light
Towing connection with a vehicle
200 Feet
Slippy wet - hills - uphills - downhills - spin-outs - park on hills - etc

27. What does a green arrow showing at the same time as a red traffic light mean you can do?
Red Traffic Light - Full Stop Flashing Red Traffic
Double Solid Yellow Line - Separates two lanes of traffic going in the same direction. And may not cross
Leave plenty of space between you and vehicle ahead
You can go turn either left or right

28. Assume that a load extends 4 or more feet beyond the bed or body of a vehicle driven on a highway in the daytime. How many flags must be used to mark it - and what color should they be?
4 white flags at least 12 inches square attached to it.
Issued a ticket
Suspended
Signal your turn - check for bicyclists - and do not turn directly in front of a bicyclist

29. What does a broken white line on the highway mean?
Broken White Line - separates two lanes traveling in the same direction and you may cross this line when changing lanes
Double Solid Yellow Line - Separates two lanes of traffic going in the same direction. And may not cross
If the way is clear
Operate a farm tractor on the highway

30. Are motor scooters whose engines have less than 150 cubic centimeter displacement allowed to be driven on an expressway?
Not allowed to be driven on an expressway because it is against the law
Stop Signs - Four-way stops - Open Intersections - Roundabouts - Pedestrians
Two red taillights mounted on the rear and visible from 1000 feet
Slow down with caution until everything is clear

31. What should you do if you drive past the exit on an interstate highway where you wanted to get off?
The Florida Highway Patrol - the Sheriff's Department - or the city police department
70 mph
...
Must go to the next exit

32. What must you do when approaching a person Who is riding or leading a horse upon or near the roadway?
Slow down with caution until everything is clear
(The Financial Responsibility Law)
Towing connection with a vehicle
Two red taillights mounted on the rear and visible from 1000 feet

33. What is the arm signal for a left turn?
Left
Solid Yellow Line - May not pass - except when turning left
55 mph
200 feet

34. How many feet to the rear should you be able to see objects through the rearview mirror?
It is against the law
200 feet
50 feet
Park in or drive through areas that have pavement markings indicating fire lanes or safety zones. (5.31.3 - Where Parking is not Allowed)

35. Vehicles traveling in the opposite direction of school buses that have stopped to unload children on a divided highway with a dividing barrier are not...
Required to stop
Leave plenty of space between you and vehicle ahead
Slippy wet - hills - uphills - downhills - spin-outs - park on hills - etc
10 Days

36. A person can temporarily ___________ without a driver license
4 white flags at least 12 inches square attached to it.
Operate a farm tractor on the highway
Give the owner your name - address - tag number - and phone number- put it on where the vehicle was hit.
It is against the law

37. For How many feet before you start to turn should you begin your turn signal when you are driving on a highway?
100 Feet
500 feet
(The Florida No-Fault Law) PIP
Leave plenty of space between you and vehicle ahead

38. ho is required to wear seat belts when riding in the front seat of a car or a pickup truck?
Just follow a traffic officer
Rain - Fog - Smoke
All passengers
Fined and placed in prison upon conviction

39. If you failed to answer a traffic summons - you would not be able to...
The same things as motor vehicle except the right of way
500 feet
Double Solid Yellow Line - Separates two lanes of traffic going in the same direction. And may not cross
Renew your license

40. Which way should you turn your wheels when parking facing uphill where there is a curb? Which way should you turn them where there is not a curb?
The Florida Highway Patrol - the Sheriff's Department - or the city police department
Two red lights on the back of a vehicle
...
500 feet

41. You cannot ________ on a sidewalk - within an intersection - or on a crosswalk?
Two red taillights mounted on the rear and visible from 1000 feet
Red Traffic Light - Full Stop Flashing Red Traffic
4 white flags at least 12 inches square attached to it.
Park your car

42. Both your judgment and vision are affected after drinking alcohol. Which is affected first?
Stop Signs - Four-way stops - Open Intersections - Roundabouts - Pedestrians
Two red lights on the back of a vehicle
Judgment
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.

43. Adriver who crosses a solid line on the right of the center line of the highway can...
Written report
Be issued a ticket for the violation
Stop Signs - Four-way stops - Open Intersections - Roundabouts - Pedestrians
10 Days

44. If you knowingly make a false statement in an application for a driver license or identification card - you cab be...
Fined and placed in prison upon conviction
Issued a ticket
Just follow a traffic officer
Suspended - revoked - taken away - or be fined

45. When the foot brake is pressed - which light must come on?
Be issued a ticket for the violation
The same things as motor vehicle except the right of way
Under the age of 5 years old
Two red lights on the back of a vehicle

46. You must obtain a new license showing the new address within How many days of moving?
Prevent skidding and allow drivers to steer during an emergency braking situation. ABS can help improve vehicle stability (avoiding spin-outs) - steering ability (directing the car where the driver wants it to go) and stopping capability (distance ne
Issued a ticket
10 Days
200 Feet

47. If you hit a parked car and are unable to find the owner - what should you do?
Give the owner your name - address - tag number - and phone number- put it on where the vehicle was hit.
(The Financial Responsibility Law)
Stop and Yield to the right-of-way because that person has the right of way
Move forward first

48. If you lose your Florida driver license and need a replacement license - where do you apply for it?
Slow down with a caution until bicyclist passes by you
Tax Collector or DMW
Give the owner your name - address - tag number - and phone number- put it on where the vehicle was hit.
Under the age of 5 years old

49. What would happen to the license of a driver who was involved in an accident and did not stop to help persons who were injured?
Judgment
Revoked
Suspended - revoked - taken away - or be fined
You can go turn either left or right

50. What is the proper way to use anti-lock brakes in an emergency situation?
Dirt - sand - lime-rock - gravel - silica - trash or garbage
Slippy wet - hills - uphills - downhills - spin-outs - park on hills - etc
Suspended - revoked - taken away - or be fined
Move forward without stopping first