Traffic lanes and turning — Florida Permit Test

You must give a turn signal at least 100 feet before making your turn.

A hundred feet is enough warning for the driver behind to lift off before you slow.

You must give a turn signal at least 100 feet BEFORE making your turn.

On a two-lane highway you must always drive in the right lane unless you are overtaking and passing where that is permitted.

The left lane on a two-lane road is the lane traffic comes at you in.

On a two-lane highway you must always drive in the right lane unless you are overtaking and passing (where permitted).

If the road has four or more lanes with two-way traffic, drive in the right lanes except when overtaking and passing.

The same rule as a two-lane road, just with more lanes to keep right in.

If the road has four or more lanes with two-way traffic, drive in the right lanes except when overtaking and passing.

The center lane of a three-lane or five-lane highway is used only for turning left.

Driving along it means meeting somebody using it to turn from the other direction.

The center lane of a three-lane or five-lane highway is used only for turning left.

Some highways reserve the left lane for high occupancy vehicles carrying two or more occupants, or for hybrid and low emission vehicles with a decal.

The lane is a reward for taking one more car off the road, so the rules on it are checked.

Some highways reserve the left lane for vehicles with two or more occupants or hybrid/low emission vehicles (LEV).

High occupancy vehicle lanes are identified by signs and diamond pavement symbols and separated by a striped buffer zone, and vehicles may enter and exit only at designated points.

Crossing the buffer wherever you like is what the striped zone exists to stop.

High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes are identified by signs/diamond pavement symbols, and are separated by a striped buffer zone. Vehicles may enter and exit the HOV lane only at designated points.

Red reflectors on lane lines always mean you are facing traffic the wrong way and could have a head-on collision.

By the time you see them you are already on the wrong side, so it is not a warning to file away.

Red reflectors on lane lines always mean you are facing traffic the wrong way and could have a head-on collision.

Red reflectors on the edge lines of the road mean you are going the wrong way on an entrance or exit ramp: pull over immediately and turn around when it is safe.

On a ramp there is no median, so the traffic coming at you has the whole width.

If you see red reflectors on the edge lines of the road, you are going the wrong way on an entrance or exit ramp.

You must use directional signals or hand signals to show other drivers that you are turning, and signals are required by law when changing lanes or overtaking.

Turning without a signal makes everybody behind you guess, and one of them guesses wrong.

Turn signals are required by law when changing lanes or overtaking a vehicle.

It is against the law to use your directional signals to tell drivers behind you that they can pass, and hand signals must be given from the left side of the vehicle.

Waving somebody past makes you responsible for a road you cannot see.

It's against the law to use your directional signals to tell drivers behind you that they can pass.

Finish a turn in the proper lane: turn right into the right lane of the roadway you enter, and a left turn may be completed in any lane lawfully available for the direction you want.

Swinging wide into the far lane on a right turn is where the car alongside you was.

Finish your turn in the proper lane. Turn right into the right lane of the roadway entered. A left turn may be completed in any lane lawfully available

Yield to bicyclists when crossing a bike lane and to pedestrians who may be crossing your path while you turn.

A turn takes you across the exact strip of road a rider is using.

Yield to bicyclists when crossing a bike lane and to pedestrians who may be crossing your path.

Never make a last minute turn: if you are not in the proper lane, drive to the next intersection and turn from there.

Cutting across a lane at the last second is a crash saved by nobody but luck.

Never make last minute turns. If you reach an intersection where you wish to turn and are not in the proper lane, drive to the next intersection and then make the turn from the proper lane.

Use a three-point turn only if the road is too narrow for a U-turn and you cannot go around the block, and never make one on a curve, a hill, the highway, or where a sign prohibits U-turns.

It leaves the car across the road twice, so it needs a place where nobody arrives fast.

Use a three-point turn only if the road is too narrow for a U-turn and you can’t go around the block.

Stopping suddenly is dangerous and makes it hard for the drivers behind to avoid a rear-end collision, so check the mirrors and blind spots, release the accelerator and brake with steady pressure.

A sudden stop is a surprise to every driver behind you, and they get less warning than you did.

Check all mirrors and blind spots for traffic to the rear.

How far before a turn must the signal go on?

At least 100 feet before the turn. A hundred feet is enough warning for the driver behind to lift off before you slow. Official Florida Driver License Handbook, p.69: “You must give a turn signal at least 100 feet BEFORE making your turn.”