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Rules of the Road
Right-of-way, speed limits, lanes and turns, expressway driving, and safe-driving practice — a major area of the official handbook. This guide has 157 questions, each citing the FL manual section it comes from — the first 18 are free to read below.
1 · INSURANCE
Before registering a car, Florida's No-Fault Law requires proof of:
- ✓ $10,000 Personal Injury Protection (PIP) AND $10,000 Property Damage Liability (PDL)
- · $30,000/$60,000 bodily injury coverage
- · Collision coverage only
- · No insurance until after a crash
Minimum $10,000 PIP (covers YOUR injuries, no matter who caused the crash) and $10,000 PDL (damage you cause to others' property), from a Florida-licensed insurer, maintained continuously.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 3 · No-Fault Law, p. 232 · INSURANCE
"No-fault" in Florida's insurance law means:
- ✓ Your PIP coverage pays for your own injuries regardless of who caused the crash
- · Nobody is ever at fault in a crash
- · Insurance is optional
- · Only the at-fault driver's insurance ever pays
PIP covers your injuries no matter who caused the collision; PDL pays for others' property damage that you cause.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 3 · No-Fault Law, p. 233 · INSURANCE
If you fail to maintain required insurance, your license and plate can be suspended for up to:
- ✓ Three years
- · 30 days
- · Six months
- · One year
Up to three years — with reinstatement fees from $150 to $500. If your plate has been suspended 30+ days, an officer can seize it on the spot.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 3 · No-Fault Law, p. 234 · INSURANCE
After a DUI conviction, Florida requires higher insurance coverage of at least:
- ✓ $100,000 per person / $300,000 per crash bodily injury / $50,000 property damage — for three years
- · $10,000/$10,000
- · $25,000/$50,000/$10,000
- · No change from the minimums
DUI convictions trigger 100/300/50 coverage requirements, maintained for three years after the conviction.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 3 · Financial Responsibility Law, p. 245 · INSURANCE
Proof of insurance while driving may be carried as:
- ✓ The Florida Insurance ID Card — paper or electronic on a smartphone
- · A handwritten note
- · Your word to the officer
- · The policy bill only
Carry the insurance ID card (or electronic proof on your phone) whenever the vehicle is driven — no proof at a stop can mean a citation and even suspension.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 3 · No-Fault Law, p. 236 · MISCELLANEOUS LAWS
Throwing up to 15 pounds of litter from a vehicle brings:
- ✓ A $100 fine — over 15 pounds becomes a first-degree misdemeanor with 3 points
- · A warning
- · Community service only
- · Nothing if it's biodegradable
Littering from a vehicle is a crime: $100 up to 15 lbs; beyond that, a misdemeanor with fines to $1,000, 3 points, and possible roadside cleanup duty.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 3 · Littering, p. 277 · SCHOOL BUSES
Illegally passing a stopped school bus costs at minimum:
- ✓ $265 — or $465 if you pass on the side where children enter and exit — plus 4 points and a required course
- · $50 and a warning
- · $100 flat
- · Only points, no fine
Minimum $265 (or $465 on the loading side), four points, and a mandatory basic driver improvement course. Causing serious injury or death adds 120 hours of community service in a trauma center and six points.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 3 · Passing a Stopped School Bus, p. 278 · SEAT BELTS
Florida's safety belt law requires belts on:
- ✓ All drivers, all front-seat passengers, and every passenger under 18
- · Only the driver
- · Front-seat occupants only
- · Highway trips only
Driver, front-seat passengers, and everyone under 18 anywhere in the vehicle. The driver is charged for improperly restrained passengers under 18; adults 18+ get their own ticket.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 3 · Safety Belts, p. 289 · CHILD SAFETY
Florida law requires children under age 4 to ride in:
- ✓ A separate car seat (child restraint device)
- · A booster seat
- · A regular seat belt
- · Any rear seat
Under 4: a car seat. Ages 4–5: a car seat OR booster. Children under 13 should ride in the rear — airbags can injure or kill young children up front.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 3 · Child Passenger Safety, p. 2810 · CHILD SAFETY
A rear-facing car seat must NEVER be placed:
- ✓ In front of an air bag
- · In the middle rear seat
- · Behind the driver
- · In a pickup truck
Never put a rear-facing seat in front of an airbag. Certified fitting stations across Florida will check your installation, usually free.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 3 · Child Passenger Safety, p. 2811 · SPEED LIMITS
The speed limit in Florida will NEVER be higher than:
- ✓ 70 mph
- · 75 mph
- · 65 mph
- · 80 mph
70 mph is Florida's ceiling. And the "10-over buffer" is a myth — any speed over the limit can be cited.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 3 · Speeding, p. 2812 · SPEED LIMITS
Exceeding the speed limit by more than 50 mph costs:
- ✓ $1,000 for the first offense, $2,500 for the second
- · $250 flat
- · $500 maximum
- · License revocation only
50+ over: $1,000 first offense, $2,500 second. Fines double in active school and construction zones, with possible added civil penalties and a required course.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 3 · Speeding, p. 2913 · SAFE DRIVING
If another driver is threatening you or driving dangerously around you:
- ✓ Stay calm, put distance between you, avoid eye contact — and call *FHP (*347) or 911 if needed
- · Brake-check them
- · Match their gestures
- · Race ahead to escape
Slow down, let them pass, no eye contact, no gestures. *FHP (*347) reaches the Florida Highway Patrol.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 4 · Road Rage, p. 3614 · DROWSY DRIVING
On long trips, to avoid drowsy driving you should take a break every:
- ✓ 100 miles or 2 hours
- · 500 miles
- · 6 hours
- · Only when sleepy
Break every 100 miles or 2 hours, sleep well before traveling, use the buddy system — drowsiness slows reaction time and causes micro-sleeps.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 4 · Drowsy Driving, p. 3515 · REGISTRATION
Florida vehicle registrations expire:
- ✓ At midnight on the first owner's birthday (with some exceptions)
- · December 31 for everyone
- · On July 4
- · Two years after purchase
Personal registrations expire at midnight on the first listed owner's birthday; mobile homes and semis renew by December 31, company vehicles by June 30. You can renew up to 90 days early.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 5 · Vehicle Registration, p. 3716 · VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
Your horn must be audible from ___, and your low beams must show objects ___ ahead:
- ✓ 200 feet / 150 feet
- · 50 feet / 500 feet
- · 500 feet / 100 feet
- · 100 feet / 1,000 feet
Horn: 200 feet. Low beams: 150 feet (visible from 1,000). High beams show 450 feet. Brake lights must be visible from 300 feet in daytime.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 5 · Equipment Standards, p. 3817 · VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
Which equipment is PROHIBITED on your car?
- ✓ Red lights showing from the front, sirens, bells, or whistles
- · Amber turn signals
- · Two red taillights
- · A rear-view mirror
Red front lights and blue lights belong to emergency vehicles only; sirens/bells/whistles, more than two spotlights, very loud or smoking mufflers, and windshield stickers are all banned.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 5 · Equipment NOT Permitted, p. 3818 · VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
Tires must have a minimum tread depth of:
- ✓ 3/32 of an inch with no ply showing
- · 1/32 of an inch
- · 2/32 of an inch
- · No minimum
Florida requires at least 3/32" of tread and no worn spots showing the ply — stricter than many states.
📖 FL Manual · Ch. 5 · Equipment Standards, p. 38Tip: use your ← and → arrow keys
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