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| Use these defensive driving tips if you are about to be involved in a crash: |
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It is better to drive off the road.
Hitting a vehicle moving in the same direction as you are.
It is better to swerve right instead.
Hitting a row of bushes.
It is better to hit something that is not moving. |
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| Back slowly; your vehicle is much harder to steer while you are backing. |
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Open Intersections
Yield right-of-way if: |
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A vehicle is already in the intersection.
You enter or cross a state highway from a secondary road.
You enter a paved road from an unpaved road.
You plan to make a left turn and a vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction. |
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Move as far right as possible, check traffic, and signal a left turn.
Turn the steering wheel sharply to the left and move forward slowly. Stop at the curb, or edge of roadway.
Shift to reverse, turn your wheels sharply to the right, check traffic, and back your vehicle to the right curb, or edge of roadway. |
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| Where a solid yellow line is painted on your side of the center line. |
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| Using the Two-Second Rule |
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Watch the vehicle ahead pass some fixed point - an overpass, sign, fence corner, or other marker.
Count off the seconds it takes you to reach the same spot in the road.
If you reach the mark before you finish counting, you are following too closely. Slow down and check your following distance again. |
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| double your following distance |
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Turn your wheels so that if your car starts to move, it will roll away.
Set the parking brake.
Place automatic gear shift in park. Shift manual gears to reverse (downhill) or first (uphill).
Turn vehicle off |
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| Where Parking is not Allowed |
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| Hydrant, entrance to a rescue station, railroad crossing, overpass, bridge, mail box, stop sign, in such a way that you cause other vehicles danger. |
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No brakes.
Steering.
Slow down.
Brake softly.
Pull off pavement. |
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| by driving slowly in low gear and applying brakes |
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| Right Wheels off Pavement |
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Foot off the gas pedal
hold wheel
Brake
Wait
Turn back on road |
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| Car or motorcycle approaching in your lane |
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sound your horn.
brake sharply.
steer for the side of the road or the ditch |
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Pump the brake pedal hard and fast.
Shift to a lower gear. |
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| move forward with caution |
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| lane signal is going to red |
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| Motorist services guidance. |
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| Construction and maintence warning |
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| general warning and advisory |
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| school, pedestrian, bicycling |
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| incident management activity |
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| school advance and school crossing signs |
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Red or blue emergency lights.
A siren, bell, or whistle.
A very loud muffler.
Posters, signs, stickers on windows or windsheil wipers.
TV
Extra lights
Headsets |
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| The main reason for examining persons before issuing driver licenses is: |
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| To determine the applicant's abilities, knowledge, and skills. |
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| If you knowingly make a false statement in an application for a driver license or identification card, can you be fined and placed in prison upon conviction? |
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| Can a person temporarily operate a farm tractor on the highway without a driver license? |
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| You must obtain a new license showing the new address within how many days of moving? |
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| If you lose your Florida driver license and need a replacement license, where do you apply for it? |
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| If you failed to answer a traffic summons, would you be able to renew your license? |
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| 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? |
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| the driver's license would be suspended |
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| If you receive twelve points within twelve months, for how long will your license be suspended? |
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| Both your judgment and vision are affected after drinking alcohol. Which is affected first? |
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| What are the penalties for refusing to take a test to determine whether you are intoxicated? |
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| automatic suspension of your driver's license for 1 year and if you refuse on the second time your driver's license will be suspended for 18 months and is a second degree misdemeanor |
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| What type of insurance must you have on motor vehicles with four or more wheels? |
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personal injury protection (pip)
property damage liability (pdl) |
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| If your driver license is revoked for DUI or suspended for too many points, what type of insurance must you either purchase or prove that you had on the date of the violation or effective date of the suspension? |
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| What are the penalties for littering? |
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| If you hit a parked car and are unable to find the owner, what should you do? |
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| When a crash results in property damages of any amount, must the driver notify the Florida Highway Patrol, the Sheriff's Department, or the City Police Department? |
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| After a crash has been investigated by an officer, does the driver need to send a written report to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles? |
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| Who is required to wear seat belts when riding in the front seat of a car or a pickup truck? |
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| Who could be charged with a violation if a fourteen-year-old front-seat passenger is not wearing a seat belt? |
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| What is the maximum speed limit for passenger cars on a two-lane highway during the daytime? |
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| What is the maximum speed limit in a residential area if there is no speed limit sign? |
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| What is the maximum speed limit on an interstate highway on a clear day? In a rural area? |
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| When are you driving too slowly, can you be issued a ticket? |
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| What must you do when approaching a person who is riding or leading a horse upon or near the roadway |
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| What must you do when you see a pedestrian with a white cane in the street ahead of you? |
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| To what ages does the Child Restraint Law apply? |
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| Ages 3 Special Federally Approved, 4-5 Different Special Restraint, 6+ Seat Belt |
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| When you are entering a highway or street from a private driveway and the way is clear, can you move forward without stopping first? |
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| Are vehicles traveling in the opposite direction of school buses that have stopped to unload children on a divided highway with a dividing barrier required to stop? |
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| When a school bus stops to unload children on a divided highway, should the vehicles traveling in the same direction as the bus stop? |
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| If a school bus stops to unload children on a four-lane highway divided only by a four-foot paved strip, must vehicles traveling in the opposite direction stop? |
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| For how many feet before you start to turn should you begin your turn signal when you are driving on a highway? |
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| Suppose you are driving on a four-lane highway. From which lane should you turn? Into which lane should you turn? |
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| If your turning righ from a 4 lane do it from the right lane, if left then do it from the left lane. If the road you are turning onto use the closest lane. Right for a right turn and left for a left turn. |
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| What is the arm signal for a left turn? |
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| When may you drive in the left lane of a road with four or more lanes with two-way traffic? |
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| After passing a vehicle, you must return to the right side of the road before coming within how many feet of an oncoming vehicle? |
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| 39. At what places is it unlawful to overtake and pass? |
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| Can a driver who crosses a solid line on the right of the center line of the highway be issued a ticket for the violation? |
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| What is the recommended safe following distance? |
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| 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? |
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| Can you park your car on a sidewalk, within an intersection, or on a crosswalk? |
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| May you drive with just your parking lights on, in place of your headlights? |
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| Are motor scooters whose engines have less than 150 cubic centimeter displacement allowed to be driven on an expressway? |
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| What should you do if you drive past the exit on an interstate highway where you wanted to get off? |
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| At what times should you use your headlights? |
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| When approaching another vehicle from the rear at night, within how many feet must you dim your bright headlights? |
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| Within how many feet of an oncoming vehicle should you dim your bright headlights? |
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| Under what conditions must you use your headlights when driving in the daytime? |
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| If you approach a red light and traffic officer directs you to go through the intersection without stopping, what should you do? |
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| What does a green arrow showing at the same time as a red traffic light mean you can do? |
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| that only turning lanes can go |
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| After a full stop at a red traffic light may a driver turn right if the way is clear? |
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| What does a red traffic light mean? What does a flashing red traffic light mean? |
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| RED = STOP, Flashing Red = Pretend itz a STOP SIGN |
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| Can you proceed with caution when you approach a flashing yellow light? |
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| Where do you usually find "YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY" signs posted? |
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| auxiliary roads leading into major roads. |
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| If more than one vehicle is approaching a four-way stop sign and you are the first one to get there and stop, do you have the right to move forward first? |
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| What does a "PAVEMENT ENDS" sign mean? |
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| exactly what it sounds like |
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| What does a solid yellow line to the right of the center line of the highway mean? |
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| 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? |
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| What does a broken white line on the highway mean? |
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| When the foot brake is pressed, which light must come on? |
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| In addition to other equipment, is your vehicle required to have a white light that makes the license plate visible from 50 feet, a windshield wiper and a horn? |
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| tires, brake light, directional signals, brakes, steering |
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| What rights and duties do riders of bicycles and mopeds have? |
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| When may a motorist preparing to make a right hand turn, move into a bike lane? |
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The most common might be when a motor vehicle is entering or leaving the main travel lane to enter or exit the roadway. The usual placement of the bike lane along the right side of the travel lane makes that necessary.
Another situation is when a motorist is preparing to make a right turn and is required by law to move to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. On curb and gutter roadways, the bicycle lane is a part of the roadway. Bicycle lanes on paved shoulders are a different topic entirely, and won’t be covered in this question. |
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| What is the proper procedure for a motorist when a bicyclist is occupying too much space for you to share the lane? |
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| What is the legal definition of a bicycle? |
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| What is the proper way to use anti-lock brakes in an emergency situation? |
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| All drivers need to do with vehicles who have ABS is press down hard on the brake pedal, hold it and steer out of danger. In an emergency situation, ABS pumps the brakes for the driver and pumps the brakes at a much faster rate than the driver ever could. Drivers should be aware that removing steady pressure from the brake pedal or pumping the brakes will disengage or "turn off" the ABS. |
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| What does anti-lock braking systems prevent when used in an emergency stopping situation? |
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| If a trailer covers the stoplight of the towing vehicle, where else must a stoplight be? |
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| Where should reflectors be mounted? |
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| Give three examples of loads that need to be covered to avoid items falling or blowing on roadway. |
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| How many feet to the rear should you be able to see objects through the rearview mirror regardless of load? |
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| How long can the drawbar be between the towing vehicle and the vehicle being towed? |
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| no more than 15 feet across |
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| 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? |
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