You are overtaking a car on a two-lane road with oncoming traffic ahead. Under Florida law, before coming within how many feet of the approaching vehicle must you return to the right side?
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A.
100 feet
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B.
300 feet
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C.
200 feet Correct
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D.
500 feet
The answer is "200 feet"
Florida requires you to complete the pass and be back in the right lane before you close within 200 feet of any oncoming vehicle. Picking D confuses the sight-distance requirement for starting a pass on a hill or curve with the cushion for finishing one.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 100 feet
That is the buffer for passing near an intersection, bridge, viaduct, tunnel, or railroad crossing, not the return-to-lane distance. This answer carries the 100-foot no-passing-zone figure printed a few lines below this rule over to the return-to-lane cushion.
B. 300 feet
Florida sets the head-on cushion for returning to your lane at 200 feet, not 300. This answer rounds the true 200-foot figure up to a larger, safer-feeling distance rather than the number the manual prints.
D. 500 feet
The 500-foot figure is the minimum sight distance you need to begin a pass on a hill or curve, not the cushion for finishing one. This answer confuses the sight-distance requirement for starting a pass on a hill or curve with the return-to-lane rule.
This question tests your knowledge of Passing in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Passing," p.67..
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