You approach a marked crosswalk. Another driver in the lane beside you has already stopped there for a pedestrian. What does Florida law tell you to do?
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A.
You may pass once the pedestrian reaches the center line.
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B.
You may pass if you cannot see any pedestrian in the crosswalk.
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C.
You may pass slowly if you tap your horn first.
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D.
You must not overtake or pass that vehicle. Correct
The answer is "You must not overtake or pass that vehicle."
A stopped vehicle at a crosswalk warns the next driver that a pedestrian may be crossing where the stopped vehicle now hides the view. Florida bans overtaking or passing that vehicle, and drivers who miss it are usually applying the everyday habit of slipping past a stopped car whenever the adjacent lane looks clear.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. You may pass once the pedestrian reaches the center line.
Nothing in Florida's crosswalk rule keys the ban on the pedestrian's midpoint position. This answer invents a halfway-across benchmark drivers assume must apply because it feels intuitively safe.
B. You may pass if you cannot see any pedestrian in the crosswalk.
The manual says to assume a pedestrian is crossing even when none is visible from behind. This answer trusts a line of sight the stopped vehicle is actively blocking, a habit drivers fall back on in slow city traffic.
C. You may pass slowly if you tap your horn first.
Sounding a horn does not create a right to pass a vehicle stopped for a pedestrian. This answer treats the daytime passing signal in the passing chapter as if it also authorized passing here.
This question tests your knowledge of Sharing the Road in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Sharing the Road: Pedestrians, Rules for Motorists," p.88..
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