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Florida driving lesson · Signs and Pavement Markings

Regulatory signs: direction, passing and parking

A 2-minute lesson from the Florida course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.

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Read time
2 minutes
Course unit
Signs and Pavement Markings
Checkpoint questions
3
Source pages
56

These signs tell you which way you may travel, where you may pass, and where you may stop or park. Several of them come up often on the exam.

Know the rule

One Way: travel only in the direction of the arrow.

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One way
One Way

Know the rule

Keep Right: stay to the right of the divider.

Handbook p. 56 ↗
Keep right
Keep Right

Know the rule

Slower Traffic Keep Right: slower traffic must stay in the right lane unless passing, and must move out of the left lane when a faster vehicle overtakes it.

Handbook p. 56 ↗
Slower traffic keep right
Slower Traffic Keep Right

Passing signs:

  • No Passing: you may not pass another vehicle
  • Pass with Care: you may pass, but do so with caution
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Pass with care
Pass With Care
No passing zone
No Passing Zone pennant

Know the rule

Restricted Lane Ahead: a lane is reserved for certain vehicles or purposes, such as buses or carpools during rush hour. The sign is also used in bike lanes.

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Restricted lane ahead
Restricted Lane Ahead (diamond lane)

Stopping and parking signs:

  • Emergency Stopping Only: stop only for emergencies
  • No Parking on Pavement: if you stop, always park off the pavement
  • Parking by Disabled Permit Only: vehicle shows an official permit and carries a person with a disability
Handbook p. 56 ↗
Emergency stopping only
Emergency Stopping Only
Reserved parking (accessible)
Parking by Disabled Permit Only

Put it into practice

You're cruising at the speed limit in the left lane of a highway when a faster car comes up behind you. Florida law requires you to move out of the left lane and let it by.

Check your understanding

Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.

A 'Slower Traffic Keep Right' sign requires slower traffic to:
  1. Pull off the roadway
  2. Use the left lane at all times
  3. Increase speed to match traffic
  4. Keep right unless passing

Answer: Keep right unless passing

Slower traffic must stay in the right lane unless passing, and must move out of the left lane when overtaken.

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A blue and white sign with a wheelchair symbol at a parking space means:
  1. Only vehicles with a disabled permit, transporting a person with a disability, may park
  2. Any vehicle may park there briefly
  3. Parking is prohibited entirely
  4. Only emergency vehicles may park there

Answer: Only vehicles with a disabled permit, transporting a person with a disability, may park

Parking by Disabled Permit Only signs restrict the space to vehicles displaying a permit and transporting a person with a disability.

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A "No Parking on Pavement" sign means that if you stop, you must:
  1. Park off the pavement of the roadway
  2. Stop only in an emergency
  3. Park within 12 inches of the curb
  4. Keep your hazard lights on

Answer: Park off the pavement of the roadway

The No Parking on Pavement sign means that if you stop, you must always park off the pavement of the roadway.

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