You are driving in a rainstorm and reach a section of road covered by standing water. What does the Florida manual tell you to do?
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A.
Turn around and find another route Correct
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B.
Speed up to power through the water
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C.
Drive through slowly in a low gear
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D.
Follow the vehicle ahead through the water
The answer is "Turn around and find another route"
Because you cannot judge the depth or current, the manual makes flooded pavement a hard no and tells you to reroute. Choice C is the reflex of drivers who assume a big engine or high clearance beats a puddle, but the manual warns the vehicle could be swept away.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Speed up to power through the water
Higher speed on standing water raises the risk of hydroplaning and being swept. This answer falls back on the momentum-carries-you idea drivers repeat about deep puddles instead of the manual's do-not-enter rule.
C. Drive through slowly in a low gear
The manual specifically bans driving through flooded water. This answer applies the low-gear trick used for wet brakes or steep grades to a rule the manual writes as a full stop and reroute.
D. Follow the vehicle ahead through the water
Another driver's success does not tell you the depth or current. This answer assumes seeing another car make it means the water is safe, when the manual says depth and current cannot be judged from outside.
This question tests your knowledge of Adverse Conditions in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Rain," p.72..
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