You are about to overtake another vehicle in the daytime on a two-lane road. What does the manual say you should do to let the other driver know you are passing?
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A.
Sound a long, steady horn blast
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B.
Turn on the hazard lights
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C.
Flash the high-beam headlights
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D.
Tap the horn briefly Correct
The answer is "Tap the horn briefly"
In daylight the driver ahead may not notice you in their mirrors, so the manual pairs a brief horn tap with day and a headlight flash with night to alert them. Drivers who treat those two signals as interchangeable and carry the nighttime headlight flash over to a daytime pass are the ones who pick C.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Sound a long, steady horn blast
A steady blast reads as an emergency warning rather than a courtesy alert. This answer reads 'horn' as any use of the horn and lays on a warning blast instead of the brief tap the manual specifies.
B. Turn on the hazard lights
Hazard lights signal a stopped or disabled vehicle and would confuse the driver ahead. This answer pairs 'communicate with the driver ahead' with the flashing lights drivers reach for in a breakdown rather than with the horn tap or headlight flash the manual names.
C. Flash the high-beam headlights
Flashing headlights is the nighttime alert, not the daytime one. This answer treats the day and night signals as interchangeable and carries the nighttime headlight flash over to a daytime pass.
This question tests your knowledge of Passing in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Passing," p.67..
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