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Florida Car / Permit: Sharing the Road practice test
Driving safely around motorcycles, bicycles, large trucks, pedestrians, and school buses — and knowing who has the right of way.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. Why might a motorcycle ahead of you lose speed without its brake light ever coming on?
Correct answer: Riders often slow by changing down a gear or easing the throttle
Riders often shed speed through the gearbox or by rolling the throttle back, and neither action lights the brake lamp. Watch the machine itself rather than waiting for the light, and hang well back.
Source: Florida Driver License Handbook — Sharing the Road with Motorcycles
2. When passing a bicyclist on the road, Florida law says you must leave:
Correct answer: At least three feet of clearance
When passing a bicycle, you must give at least three feet of space. Bicyclists have the same rights and duties as drivers and can be hard to see.
3. A pedestrian using a white cane or a guide dog is crossing the street. You must:
Correct answer: Stop and give them the right-of-way
A white cane or guide dog signals a pedestrian who is blind or visually impaired. You must always stop and yield the right-of-way to them.
4. When you follow or pass a motorcycle, you should:
Correct answer: Give it a full lane width and increase your following distance
A motorcyclist is entitled to the whole lane, so never try to share it. Motorcycles can stop more quickly than other vehicles, so keep a buffer of more than four seconds behind one and add space in bad weather or on poor roads.
5. You are stopped behind a large commercial truck partway up a steep grade. The safest thing to do is:
Correct answer: Leave room in case it rolls back, and keep left within your lane
A loaded rig can drift backwards a little as its driver comes off the brakes on a hill. A gap protects you, and sitting toward the left of your lane puts your car where the truck's mirrors can pick it up.
Source: Florida Driver License Handbook — Sharing the Road with Trucks
6. On a two-way street with no barrier, what must you do when a stopped school bus has its red lights flashing and its stop arm out?
Correct answer: All traffic in both directions must stop until the bus signals go
On a two-way road, drivers in both directions must stop for a stopped school bus with flashing red lights. Only on a highway divided by a raised barrier or unpaved median at least five feet wide may oncoming traffic proceed with caution.
7. You approach a vehicle displaying a reflective orange triangle on the back. This emblem means the vehicle:
Correct answer: Is built to travel at less than 25 mph, so you should slow down
This is the slow-moving-vehicle sign. Florida requires it on the rear of farm vehicles built to travel at less than 25 mph when they use public highways. Slow down early and pass only when it is safe and legal.
8. Before turning left across oncoming traffic at an intersection, you should look carefully for motorcycles because:
Correct answer: Their small size makes them hard to see and their speed hard to judge
A motorcycle's small size makes it easy to miss, and its speed is hard to judge. One of the most common motorcycle crashes happens when a driver turns left in front of an oncoming motorcycle, so look twice before you turn.
Source: Florida Driver License Handbook — Sharing the Road with Motorcycles
9. You have just overtaken a semi-truck on a multi-lane highway. When is it safe to move back across in front of it?
Correct answer: Once the truck's cab is visible in your rear-view mirror
Heavy vehicles need far more room to slow down, so pulling in early is dangerous. Wait until the whole cab shows in the mirror behind you; many truckers will blink their headlights to say the gap is yours.
Source: Florida Driver License Handbook — Passing Commercial Vehicles
10. A cyclist ahead of you is riding down the middle of a narrow travel lane rather than hugging its edge. This is:
Correct answer: Permitted, since the lane is too narrow to be shared side by side
A bicycle counts as a vehicle in Florida. Where a lane is too tight for a car and a bike to sit safely side by side, the rider is entitled to occupy all of it, even while moving slower than surrounding traffic.
11. A large truck ahead of you is making a right turn and has swung wide to the left first. You should:
Correct answer: Wait, and never try to pass on the right of a truck that is turning
Trucks often swing wide or begin a right turn from a middle position because they need extra room. Never move up on the right side—the truck may turn into you. Wait until it completes the turn.
Source: Florida Driver License Handbook — Sharing the Road with Trucks
12. Large trucks have big blind spots called 'No Zones.' Which statement about them is true?
Correct answer: They lie in front of, behind, and on both sides of the truck, so stay out of them
Florida's handbook tells drivers to stay out of a commercial vehicle's No Zone. Even with several mirrors, a truck has large blind spots ahead, behind, and along both sides, and a car in one of them can be hidden from the driver.
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