An animal appears in the road and a collision looks unavoidable. What does the Florida manual tell you to do?
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A.
Keep the vehicle under control and stay on the roadway Correct
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B.
Swerve into the oncoming lane to miss the animal
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C.
Steer off the shoulder into the grass
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D.
Accelerate to clear the animal's path
The answer is "Keep the vehicle under control and stay on the roadway"
The manual is direct: never swerve, because leaving your lane or the road puts you into worse crashes than the animal itself. Choice B feels humane and instinctive, but the manual treats the swerve as more dangerous than the impact.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Swerve into the oncoming lane to miss the animal
The manual specifically forbids swerving into oncoming traffic. This answer trusts the reflex to avoid the animal at any cost, which the manual rejects because a head-on crash is worse.
C. Steer off the shoulder into the grass
The manual warns against leaving the roadway to avoid an animal. This answer assumes soft ground is a safe landing zone, when the manual counts running off the road as the more serious crash.
D. Accelerate to clear the animal's path
Higher speed increases impact force and reduces control. This answer copies the beat-the-hazard instinct drivers use with yellow lights and applies it to a wildlife collision.
This question tests your knowledge of Adverse Conditions in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Animals," p.71..
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