You pass a yellow diamond warning sign that reads DIVIDED HIGHWAY ENDS. What does the Florida manual say happens next?
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A.
Your lane ends and you must merge left before the highway narrows.
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B.
The road returns to two-way traffic and you must keep to the right. Correct
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C.
A physical median or barrier is about to divide the highway.
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D.
A construction work zone is starting a short distance ahead.
The answer is "The road returns to two-way traffic and you must keep to the right."
The divided highway ends within 350 to 500 feet, the road returns to two-way traffic, and drivers must keep right. The tempting wrong choice reads the sign as a lane reduction, because drivers grab the merge-left rule from the neighboring lane reduction sign whenever the pavement narrows on a diagram.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Your lane ends and you must merge left before the highway narrows.
Merging left is the response to a Reduction of Lanes sign, not to Divided Highway Ends; the median ends here, not a travel lane. This answer pulls the merge-left rule from the lane-reduction sign whenever the pavement narrows on the diagram.
C. A physical median or barrier is about to divide the highway.
That description is the Divided Highway Ahead sign; the ENDS sign marks the reverse situation. This answer treats every warning sign as announcing what is about to appear, so ENDS gets read as the median starting rather than finishing.
D. A construction work zone is starting a short distance ahead.
Construction and maintenance warnings use orange diamond signs, not the yellow divided highway warning. This answer reads any distance-ahead warning as a work-zone alert instead of a road-configuration change.
This question tests your knowledge of Warning Signs in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Warning Signs: Divided Highway Ends," p.49..
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