You are driving on a Florida residential street with no posted speed limit sign. What is the standard limit?
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A.
45 MPH
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B.
55 MPH
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C.
30 MPH Correct
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D.
25 MPH
The answer is "30 MPH"
Florida sets the default for a municipal, business, or residential area at 30 MPH when no sign is posted. B misreads the 55 MPH streets-and-highways line as the blanket default, skipping over the 30 MPH residential line printed above it.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 45 MPH
45 MPH is not listed as a Florida standard speed limit; the residential default is 30 MPH unless a sign posts otherwise. Picks a middle figure between the 30 MPH residential category and the 55 MPH streets-and-highways category rather than matching the residential label to its listed value.
B. 55 MPH
55 MPH is the streets-and-highways default, not the residential category. This answer reads the 55 MPH streets-and-highways line as the blanket default and skips over the 30 MPH residential line printed above it.
D. 25 MPH
Florida sets the residential default at 30 MPH, not 25 MPH. This answer applies the 25 MPH neighborhood default common in other states where that figure is the standard residential limit.
This question tests your knowledge of Speed Limits in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Florida Standard Speed Limits," p.68..
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