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Florida Practice Speed Limits

On a Florida multi-lane road you cannot safely move over for a stopped patrol car with flashing lights. What must you do?

  1. A.
    Drop to a fixed 20 MPH as you pass
  2. B.
    Slow to 20 MPH below the posted speed limit Correct
  3. C.
    Stop completely until the vehicle leaves
  4. D.
    Maintain the posted speed and pass carefully
The Why

The answer is "Slow to 20 MPH below the posted speed limit"

The Move Over Law requires drivers who cannot safely vacate the adjacent lane to slow to 20 MPH below the posted speed limit as they pass the stopped emergency vehicle. Drivers who remember the "20" and drop the "below" pick C; that reading is correct only on a 40 MPH road and wrong at every other posted limit.

Why the others miss

The traps in the wrong answers

A. Drop to a fixed 20 MPH as you pass

The 20 MPH figure names the amount subtracted from the posted limit. It is not a target speed on its own. This answer recalls the number 20 without the word 'below', a misread that gives the right answer on a 40 MPH road and the wrong one at every other posted limit.

C. Stop completely until the vehicle leaves

The Move Over Law contains no full-stop provision; the fallback when you cannot change lanes is a speed reduction, not stopping. This answer transfers the school-bus rule (full stop when flashers are out) onto any vehicle displaying warning lights, which the Move Over statute does not require.

D. Maintain the posted speed and pass carefully

The Move Over Law does not allow drivers to continue at the posted speed past a stopped patrol car with flashers when they cannot change lanes. The manual gives that case its own required action: a specific speed reduction, not driver-judged caution. This answer reads the Move Over Law as a lane-change duty only, so a driver who cannot change lanes concludes no further action is required beyond passing attentively at the posted limit.

The Rule

This question tests your knowledge of Speed Limits in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Move Over Law: On a Multi-Lane Roadway," p.65..

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