What does a Yield regulatory sign require you to do?
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A.
Maintain your speed and merge with cross traffic through the intersection.
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B.
Come to a complete stop before entering the intersection.
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C.
Slow down, give cross traffic the right-of-way, and proceed without stopping if clear. Correct
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D.
Stop only if a law enforcement officer signals you to stop.
The answer is "Slow down, give cross traffic the right-of-way, and proceed without stopping if clear."
A yield sign requires slowing and giving cross traffic the right-of-way; when nothing is coming, you may roll through without stopping. Drivers who read every triangular sign as a stop reach for the complete-stop choice, borrowing the full-halt habit from the stop sign printed directly beside yield in the manual.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Maintain your speed and merge with cross traffic through the intersection.
Maintaining speed skips the yield the sign requires and forces cross traffic to brake for a driver who is supposed to give them the right-of-way. This answer carries over the expressway on-ramp habit of accelerating to match through traffic and blend in.
B. Come to a complete stop before entering the intersection.
Yield does not require a full stop; the sign lets a driver proceed slowly when the path is clear. This answer borrows the complete-halt habit from the Stop Sign printed alongside Yield in the same section.
D. Stop only if a law enforcement officer signals you to stop.
The yield sign is enforced by its own text; no officer's signal is needed to trigger it. This answer flips the rule that an officer's gestures override traffic signs into a rule that signs bind only when an officer is present.
This question tests your knowledge of Regulatory Signs in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Regulatory Signs: Yield," p.47..
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