From which of the following may you legally turn left on a red light in Florida?
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A.
From any street onto any street once cross traffic has cleared.
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B.
From a one-way street onto a one-way street with traffic moving left. Correct
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C.
From a one-way street onto a two-way street when the way looks clear.
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D.
From a two-way street onto a one-way street when no traffic is coming.
The answer is "From a one-way street onto a one-way street with traffic moving left."
Florida permits a left turn on red only when you go from a one-way street onto another one-way street whose traffic moves in the direction of the turn. Choice A is the trap: drivers carry the right-on-red pattern (stop, check that the way is clear, go) over to left turns and treat a clear intersection as the entire test, but Florida limits left-on-red to the one-way-onto-one-way case regardless of how open the intersection looks.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. From any street onto any street once cross traffic has cleared.
Left on red is not a general-purpose maneuver; both streets must be one-way in the direction of the turn. This answer extends the stop-then-go-if-clear pattern from the right-on-red rule to left turns, treating a clear intersection as the whole requirement.
C. From a one-way street onto a two-way street when the way looks clear.
The destination street must also be one-way, in the direction of the turn. This answer holds the one-way origin from the rule but drops the matching one-way destination, focusing on the road being left rather than the road being entered.
D. From a two-way street onto a one-way street when no traffic is coming.
The origin road must also be one-way; a two-way origin does not qualify. This answer anchors on the one-way-street cue from the rule but attaches it only to the destination street, since the destination is the road the driver is entering.
This question tests your knowledge of Traffic Lights in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Traffic Signals: Steady Signal Lights, Red Light," p.51..
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