A flashing arrow panel in a Florida work zone tells drivers they must do what?
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A.
Move over to another lane. Correct
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B.
Come to a full stop at the marked line.
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C.
Reduce speed to twenty under the posted limit.
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D.
Yield to construction vehicles entering the roadway.
The answer is "Move over to another lane."
A flashing arrow panel gives advance warning and directional information when it is necessary to move to another lane. Drivers who pick "come to a full stop" are borrowing the stop cue from a flagger or from the red drawbridge signal, both of which appear on the same manual page as the arrow panel.
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B. Come to a full stop at the marked line.
The panel signals a lane change, not a stop. Borrows the stop cue from a flagger or from the red drawbridge signal shown on the same manual page.
C. Reduce speed to twenty under the posted limit.
A flashing arrow panel tells you a lane change is necessary; it does not prescribe a fixed number of miles per hour under the posted limit. Imports a Move Over Law figure from stopped emergency vehicles into a work-zone lane-change rule.
D. Yield to construction vehicles entering the roadway.
The arrow panel gives directional information for a lane change, not a yield instruction for construction vehicles entering the roadway. Falls back on a general courtesy-to-work-vehicles habit rather than reading the panel as the lane-change instruction it actually is.
This question tests your knowledge of Construction Signs in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Construction/Maintenance Signs & Signals," p.54..
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