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Road Signs, Signals & Markings
Sign shapes and colors, traffic signals, and pavement markings — core exam material, shown visually. This guide has 74 questions, each citing the FL manual section it comes from — the first 18 are free to read below.
1 · PAVEMENT MARKINGS
A single solid YELLOW line along the road edge marks:
- ✓ The LEFT edge on divided highways and one-way streets
- · The right edge of every road
- · A bike lane
- · A no-parking zone
White marks the right edge; yellow marks the left edge on divided highways and one-way streets.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Edge Lines, p. 432 · PAVEMENT MARKINGS
White lane lines separate traffic moving:
- ✓ In the SAME direction
- · In opposite directions
- · At different speeds
- · Cars from trucks
White = same direction: broken may be crossed, solid discourages crossing (only to avoid a hazard), double solid = crossing not allowed.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · White Lane Lines, p. 433 · PAVEMENT MARKINGS
Double yellow lines with the SOLID line on your side and BROKEN on the other mean:
- ✓ You may not pass — but oncoming traffic may
- · You may pass freely
- · Nobody may pass
- · The road is one-way
Solid on your side = no passing from your lane (turning left across or passing a bicyclist when safe is allowed). Broken on your side = passing permitted when safe.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Yellow Lane Lines, p. 444 · PAVEMENT MARKINGS
Crossing DOUBLE SOLID yellow lines to pass is:
- ✓ Prohibited — though you may turn left across them, or pass a bicyclist, when safe
- · Allowed on rural roads
- · Allowed below 30 mph
- · Always allowed with a signal
No passing over double solid yellow in either direction — the narrow exceptions are turning left (into a driveway, for example) and safely passing a bicyclist.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Yellow Lane Lines, p. 445 · PAVEMENT MARKINGS
At a stop line, you must stop:
- ✓ Before any part of your vehicle crosses the line
- · With your bumper over the line
- · Within the crosswalk
- · Wherever you can see best
No part of the vehicle crosses the stop line — and never block or overhang a crosswalk while stopped at a red light.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · White Stop Lines, p. 456 · PAVEMENT MARKINGS
A two-way roadway's shared center lane may be used for:
- ✓ Left turns by drivers from EITHER direction — never for passing
- · Passing slow traffic
- · Overnight parking
- · Through travel
The center turn lane hosts left turns from both directions. It is never a passing or travel lane.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Turn Lanes, p. 457 · PAVEMENT MARKINGS
Reversible lanes are highway lanes that:
- ✓ Change direction at set times to handle rush-hour traffic — marked with special signals and signs
- · Are always one-way
- · Belong to buses
- · Are closed at night
Reversible lanes flip direction on a schedule — obey the lane signals: never drive under a red X, and a yellow X means the signal is about to turn red.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Reversible Lanes, p. 458 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS
A steady RED X over your lane means:
- ✓ Never drive in this lane
- · Stop, then proceed
- · The lane is for exiting only
- · Toll booth closed ahead but lane open
Red X = lane closed to you. Yellow X = about to turn red, get out. Green arrow = lane open (still obey other signs and signals).
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Lane Signals, p. 539 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS
Ramp signals (metering lights) on expressway entrances:
- ✓ Control the rate of entering vehicles — wait for green before merging
- · Are decorative
- · Apply only to trucks
- · Flash yellow when the road is closed
Ramp meters pace traffic onto the expressway, alternating red and green — wait for your green.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Ramp Signals, p. 5310 · TRAFFIC SIGNS
An ORANGE sign always signals:
- ✓ Construction and maintenance warning
- · School zone
- · Wrong way
- · Recreation area
Orange = work zones. Red = stop/do not enter/wrong way/yield; yellow = general warning; fluorescent yellow-green = school/pedestrian/bike; green = guidance; blue = driver services; brown = recreation.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Traffic Sign Colors, p. 4611 · TRAFFIC SIGNS
On Florida interstates, the mile markers:
- ✓ Match the exit numbers, telling you your location
- · Count down to the state line only
- · Show the speed limit
- · Mark rest areas
Florida exits are numbered by mile marker — East-West routes carry even numbers, North-South routes odd.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Informational Signs, p. 4612 · TRAFFIC SIGNS
At this sign, stop:
- ✓ Before the stop line — or the crosswalk or intersection point with a clear view if there's no line
- · Wherever visibility is best
- · Only if traffic is coming
- · Ten feet past the sign
Complete halt at the stop line; without one, stop before the crosswalk or at the nearest point giving a clear view of approaching traffic.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Regulatory Signs, p. 4713 · TRAFFIC SIGNS
This sign means:
- ✓ Slow down, give crossing vehicles the right-of-way, and proceed slowly without stopping if clear
- · Come to a full stop always
- · Speed up to merge
- · Pedestrians yield to you
Yield: slow, give way to crossing traffic — and if the way is clear you may move forward slowly without a full stop.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Yield, p. 4714 · TRAFFIC SIGNS
You see this sign facing you. It marks:
- ✓ One-way streets and roadways you must not enter
- · A toll plaza
- · A dead end
- · Truck routes
DO NOT ENTER guards one-way streets and closed roadways. Paired with it: the WRONG WAY sign — if you see that, turn around immediately.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Do Not Enter, p. 4715 · TRAFFIC SIGNS
A WRONG WAY sign facing you means:
- ✓ You are going the wrong way — turn around immediately
- · The exit is closed
- · You missed your turn
- · One-way traffic begins ahead
Turn around immediately. Red reflectors on the lane lines shining at you mean the same thing — you're facing oncoming traffic.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Wrong Way, p. 4716 · TRAFFIC SIGNS
A red circle with a red slash over a symbol means:
- ✓ The action shown is NOT allowed
- · The action is required
- · Proceed with caution
- · The sign is canceled
The NO symbol prohibits whatever it covers — no U-turn, no right turn, no trucks, and so on.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · NO Symbol, p. 4717 · TRAFFIC SIGNS
This sign shows:
- ✓ The maximum legal speed for this area
- · The minimum required speed
- · The recommended truck speed
- · The mile marker
Speed limit = your ceiling. Yellow EXIT speed signs on ramps list the maximum safe ramp speed — slow to it before the curve.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Speed Limit / Exit Speed, p. 4718 · TRAFFIC SIGNS
A SPEEDING FINES DOUBLED sign is posted in:
- ✓ Active school zones and work zones
- · Toll plazas
- · Residential streets
- · Hospital zones
Cited for speeding in an active school or work zone? The fine doubles.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Speeding Fines Doubled, p. 47Tip: use your ← and → arrow keys
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