Before the stop line — or the crosswalk or intersection point with a clear view if there's no line

Slow down, give crossing vehicles the right-of-way, and proceed slowly without stopping if clear

The maximum legal speed for this area

Another lane joins yours ahead — watch for traffic and yield when necessary

FL · STUDY GUIDE

Road Signs, Signals & Markings

Sign shapes and colors, traffic signals, and pavement markings — core exam material, shown visually. All 74 questions below cite the FL Driver's Manual section they come from.

Rules of the Road DUI & Traffic Penalties Learner's License & Minor Driver Rules

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. 43

2 · 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. 43

3 · 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. 44

4 · 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. 44

5 · 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. 45

6 · 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. 45

7 · 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. 45

8 · 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. 53

9 · 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. 53

10 · 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. 46

11 · 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. 46

12 · 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. 47

13 · 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. 47

14 · 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. 47

15 · 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. 47

16 · 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. 47

17 · 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. 47

18 · 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. 47

19 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

A LEFT LANE MUST TURN LEFT sign means:

✓ Traffic in the left lane is required to turn left at the intersection ahead
· Left turns are optional
· The left lane is closed
· Only trucks turn left

Lane-use signs are law: in that lane, you turn. Check pavement arrows early so you're never stuck in a must-turn lane.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Left Lane Must Turn, p. 47

20 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

Entering a BEGIN RIGHT TURN LANE, you may encounter:

✓ Bicyclists traveling straight — you must yield to them
· Oncoming traffic
· Parked cars
· No one; the lane is yours

Right-turn lanes often start where bike lanes continue straight — bicyclists going through have the right-of-way.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Begin Right Turn Lane, p. 47

21 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

Where this sign is posted, you may not:

✓ Make a complete turn to go the opposite direction
· Turn left at all
· Change lanes
· Stop your vehicle

No U-turns here. NO TURN ON RED means wait for green; NO TURNS bans left and right both.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · No U-Turn, p. 48

22 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

This sign means you must:

✓ Travel only in the direction of the arrow
· Park facing the arrow
· Turn around
· Merge left

One-way: go with the arrow. MUST TURN arrows mean you can't continue straight; KEEP RIGHT means stay right of the divider.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · One Way, p. 48

23 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT means slower drivers must:

✓ Stay in the right lane unless passing, and leave the left lane when a faster vehicle overtakes
· Drive on the shoulder
· Stop for faster traffic
· Speed up to match

Florida law: move out of the left lane when a faster vehicle comes up behind you — the left lane is for passing.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Slower Traffic Keep Right, p. 48

24 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

A RESTRICTED LANE AHEAD sign (with a diamond) means:

✓ A lane is reserved for specific vehicles — like buses or carpools during rush hour
· The lane is closing permanently
· Trucks are prohibited
· A toll lane begins

Diamond-marked lanes are reserved for the posted users — buses, carpools, sometimes bikes.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Restricted Lane Ahead, p. 48

25 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

A NO PARKING ON PAVEMENT sign means that if you stop, you must:

✓ Park completely off the paved roadway
· Keep two wheels on the pavement
· Use hazard lights while parked
· Park within 12 inches of the curb

All four wheels off the pavement — the travel surface stays clear.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · No Parking on Pavement, p. 48

26 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

This warning sign means:

✓ A traffic signal is at the intersection ahead — slow down; visibility is likely poor
· A police station is ahead
· The signal ahead is broken
· Flashing lights prohibited

Traffic Signal Ahead warns of a light you may not see in time. Stop Sign Ahead and Yield Ahead work the same way.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Warning Signs, p. 49

27 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

The circular-arrows warning sign gives advance notice of:

✓ A roundabout — prepare to slow down and possibly yield
· A rotary interchange closure
· A racetrack crossing
· Reversible lanes

Roundabout ahead: slow, prepare to yield to circulating traffic, travel counterclockwise, and signal before exiting.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Roundabout Circle, p. 49

28 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

This warning sign means:

✓ The highway ahead is divided by a median or barrier — keep right
· The road narrows
· Two-way traffic ends immediately
· An overpass is ahead

Divided Highway Ahead. Its partner, Divided Highway Ends, warns two-way traffic resumes 350-500 feet ahead — keep right.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Divided Highway, p. 49

29 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

This sign warns:

✓ Another lane joins yours ahead — watch for traffic and yield when necessary
· You must exit
· Lanes are splitting
· The shoulder is closed

Merging Traffic ahead. Reduction of Lanes is different: the right lane ends and its traffic must merge left — left-lane drivers should let them in smoothly.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Merging Traffic, p. 49

30 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

This sign tells you that in wet weather you should:

✓ Drive slowly, avoid sudden speeding up or braking, and turn at slow speeds
· Use cruise control
· Pump your brakes constantly
· Drive on the shoulder

Slippery When Wet: gentle inputs only. The DIP sign warns of a low spot — go slowly and be ready to stop if it's filled with water.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Slippery Surface, p. 50

31 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

The truck-on-a-slope warning sign means:

✓ A downhill grade ahead — slow down and be ready to shift to a lower gear
· Trucks prohibited
· A truck escape ramp
· A weigh station

Hill/Downgrade: control your speed with a lower gear rather than riding the brakes.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Hill/Downgrade, p. 50

32 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

A ONE LANE BRIDGE sign means:

✓ The bridge fits only one vehicle at a time — make sure it's clear of oncoming traffic before crossing
· Bicycles only
· The bridge is closed
· Trucks must detour

One vehicle at a time — confirm the bridge is clear before you commit. Narrow Bridge means two lanes fit but with very little clearance.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Narrow Bridge / One Lane Bridge, p. 50

33 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS

After stopping at a red light, you may turn right:

✓ If there's no NO TURN ON RED sign and the way is clear
· Never in Florida
· Without stopping if clear
· Only between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.

Right on red after a complete stop, yielding to pedestrians and traffic — unless posted otherwise. Left on red is legal only from a one-way onto a one-way with traffic moving left.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Red Light, p. 51

34 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS

Some traffic signals only change when:

✓ Sensors detect a vehicle at the stop line — so don't stop too far back
· A pedestrian pushes the button
· A timer expires at midnight
· Police activate them

Stop at (not far behind) the stop line — many signals rely on sensors that need to detect your vehicle there.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Red Light, p. 51

35 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS

A green light means go — but only after:

✓ Yielding to pedestrians in the crosswalk and vehicles still in the intersection
· Honking twice
· Counting to three
· Flashing your lights

Green = go when the intersection is clear. Turning left on green, you must also yield to oncoming traffic.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Green Light, p. 51

36 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS

At a steady RED arrow, you may:

✓ Turn right after stopping if no sign prohibits it and the way is clear
· Never move until green, period
· Turn in the arrow's direction slowly
· Treat it as a yield

Florida allows right-on-red even at a red arrow after a full stop (absent a NO TURN ON RED sign) — different from some states. Left from one-way to one-way also applies.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Red Arrow, p. 52

37 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS

A green arrow showing at the same time as a red light means:

✓ You may turn in the arrow's direction from the proper lane, yielding to those in the intersection
· Everything must stop
· Go straight only
· The signal is malfunctioning

The arrow is your protected movement even while the circle is red — be in the correct lane and yield to whoever's still in the intersection.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Green Arrow, p. 52

38 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS

A FLASHING red light means _ and a FLASHING yellow means _:

✓ Treat it as a stop sign / proceed with caution
· Stop until green / stop until clear
· Yield / stop
· The signal is broken / the signal is testing

Flashing red = stop sign at a dangerous intersection. Flashing yellow = caution, used at or before dangerous spots and to highlight warning signs.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Flashing Signal Lights, p. 52

39 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS

A FLASHING yellow arrow means:

✓ Turns are allowed, but oncoming traffic has green — yield first
· Protected turn
· No turns
· Signal failure

Turn permitted, unprotected: yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians before going.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Flashing Yellow Arrow, p. 52

40 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS

A power outage has killed the traffic signals. Treat each intersection as:

✓ A four-way stop — first to arrive moves first; ties yield to the right
· Open road
· Yield-controlled
· Closed to traffic

Dark signals = four-way stop. In hurricane-prone Florida, this rule earns its keep every storm season.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 9 · Power Outage, p. 79

41 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS

At a drawbridge, a steady RED signal means:

✓ Stop at the marked line — the bridge is in operation and closed to all traffic
· The bridge is stuck
· Boats must stop
· Proceed slowly across

Red = bridge operating, roadway closed. Yellow = about to turn red. Flashing yellow = bridge in operation, slow and prepare to stop.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Drawbridge Signs & Signals, p. 54

42 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS

Driving around or under a drawbridge gate that's down (or moving) is:

✓ Against the law and extremely dangerous
· Allowed if no boat is visible
· Allowed for motorcycles
· Legal after stopping

Stop when the lights flash, before the gate lowers — never zigzag around a drawbridge gate. Florida has more drawbridges than any other state.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Drawbridge Gates, p. 55

43 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS

A pedestrian already in the crosswalk when the hand starts flashing should:

✓ Quickly finish crossing — and drivers must still yield
· Turn back immediately
· Stop in the middle
· Wait for vehicles to pass

Flashing hand = don't START crossing; those already in the crosswalk finish. The countdown shows seconds left.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Pedestrian Signs & Signals, p. 55

44 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS

When a crosswalk's rapid-flashing beacon is activated, motorists must:

✓ Stop and yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk
· Slow to 15 mph and continue
· Flash their own lights
· Change lanes

Pedestrians push the button; the beacon flashes; approaching traffic stops and yields.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon, p. 55

45 · TRAFFIC SIGNALS

A pedestrian hybrid beacon showing NO lights means:

✓ Proceed if the intersection is clear — it only activates when a pedestrian pushes the button
· Stop and wait
· The beacon is broken; treat as a stop sign
· Pedestrians may not cross

Dark = go if clear. Flashing yellow = slow (a pedestrian pushed the button); steady yellow = prepare to stop; steady red = stop; flashing red = proceed with caution if clear.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon, p. 55

46 · RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Never stop on railroad tracks or within ___ of the crossing:

✓ 15 feet
· 50 feet
· 5 feet
· 100 feet

Keep 15 feet clear — and stop whenever warning devices flash, the gate is down, a flagger warns, or a train is clearly visible.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Railroad Crossing Signs & Signals, p. 56

47 · RAILROAD CROSSINGS

This X-shaped sign at railroad tracks is legally:

✓ A yield sign — trains have the right-of-way; a plate below shows the number of tracks
· A stop sign in all cases
· Advisory only
· A pedestrian crossing marker

The crossbuck is a yield: give trains the right-of-way. When lights flash, stop immediately — a train is coming.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Crossbuck Sign, p. 56

48 · RAILROAD CROSSINGS

The white X-shaped markings painted across a road at rail crossings (the "dynamic envelope") show:

✓ The danger zone where vehicles must never stop — trains overhang the rails
· A pedestrian crossing
· Where to stop and wait
· The center of the tracks only

The dynamic envelope marks the clearance a passing train needs — anything inside it can be struck. Never stop within those markings.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Dynamic Envelope, p. 56

49 · RAILROAD CROSSINGS

In heavy traffic, before crossing railroad tracks make sure:

✓ There's room for your entire vehicle on the far side
· Your radio is off
· You're in low gear
· The gate looks sturdy

Don't enter unless you can fully clear the tracks. Buses and trucks may stop at crossings even without flashing lights — expect it. And never try to beat a train: the train always wins.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · Remember, p. 57

50 · TRAFFIC SIGNS

This sign means you are near a school and should watch for children:

✓ At all times — not just during school hours
· Only 7-9 a.m.
· Only when the light flashes
· Only on weekdays

Watch for children at ALL times near schools. The school zone speed limit applies during posted times or when the light is flashing — often 20 mph.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 6 · School Zone Signs & Signals, p. 57

51 · RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Stalled on the tracks with warning lights flashing, you have as little as ___ before a train arrives:

✓ 20 seconds
· 5 minutes
· 2 minutes
· An hour

20 seconds is the minimum after lights start. Everyone out immediately; if a train comes, run at a 45-degree angle away from the tracks TOWARD the train, then call 911 or *FHP.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 9 · Stalled on Railroad Tracks, p. 79

52 · RAILROAD CROSSINGS

The blue ENS sign at every rail crossing provides:

✓ Emergency contact info to reach the railroad about problems or blockages on the tracks
· Train schedules
· A weather hotline
· The county sheriff's number

The ENS sign lists the emergency number and the crossing ID — the fastest way to stop trains when something is stuck on the tracks.

📖 FL Manual · Ch. 9 · Emergency Notification System, p. 80

53 · TRAFFIC SIGNS