You see a red-and-white Wrong Way regulatory sign facing you. What does it require?
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A.
Continue with caution and watch for oncoming traffic.
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B.
Pull onto the shoulder and wait for a break in traffic.
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C.
Yield to traffic in your lane before proceeding.
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D.
Turn around immediately; you are going the wrong way. Correct
The answer is "Turn around immediately; you are going the wrong way."
The Wrong Way sign tells you that you have already entered a roadway against traffic and must reverse course now, not adjust speed or position. Drivers who reach for the shoulder-stop choice are carrying over the habit that any highway emergency ends at the shoulder, forgetting that a parked car still points at oncoming traffic until the driver turns around.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Continue with caution and watch for oncoming traffic.
Wrong Way is posted after a driver has already entered traffic going the wrong direction; caution does not fix continuing in the wrong direction. Reads the red regulatory sign as if it were a yellow warning about oncoming traffic, defaulting to the habit that seeing traffic ahead calls for extra care rather than an about-face.
B. Pull onto the shoulder and wait for a break in traffic.
The manual directs a reversal of direction, not a shoulder stop; a stopped vehicle on the shoulder still points at every oncoming car. Confuses Wrong Way with the Emergency Stopping Only sign, reaching for the shoulder as the safe response any time driving feels wrong.
C. Yield to traffic in your lane before proceeding.
There is no legal traffic in the driver's lane; every approaching vehicle already has the right of way, and yielding does not fix that the direction of travel itself is illegal. Reads Wrong Way as a yield instruction because oncoming cars appear ahead, missing that the driver, not the oncoming traffic, is the party out of place.
This question tests your knowledge of Regulatory Signs in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Regulatory Signs: Wrong Way," p.47..
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