You are driving on a Florida highway below the speed of surrounding traffic. What does state law require you to do?
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A.
Stay in the left lane and maintain your slower speed
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B.
Turn on your hazard lights to warn following drivers
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C.
Match the speed of surrounding traffic even if it exceeds the posted limit
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D.
Keep to the right so faster vehicles can safely pass Correct
The answer is "Keep to the right so faster vehicles can safely pass"
Florida law tells a driver moving below the flow of traffic to keep right so faster vehicles can pass. Option C (match the flow even past the limit) applies the interstate habit of pacing surrounding traffic, but Florida caps the flow-of-traffic guidance at the posted speed and asks slower drivers to move right rather than speed up.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Stay in the left lane and maintain your slower speed
The left lane is for passing and overtaking; a slower driver holding it blocks faster traffic and violates the keep-right duty. This answer treats the left lane as a default cruising lane rather than the passing lane the manual reserves for overtaking.
B. Turn on your hazard lights to warn following drivers
Hazard lights are not the required response to ordinary slow travel; Florida's slow-traffic rule tells you to keep right so others can pass. This answer borrows the breakdown-warning habit and applies it to ordinary slow travel where the manual asks only for a lane change.
C. Match the speed of surrounding traffic even if it exceeds the posted limit
The rule to drive with the flow of traffic is capped at the posted limit; no driver is ever authorized to exceed it. This answer treats the flow-of-traffic guidance as permission to speed, a habit picked up from interstate convention where drivers pace the pack.
This question tests your knowledge of Speed Limits in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Speed Limits," p.68..
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