FLORIDA DMV PERMIT COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔When a school bus is stopped to unload children on a highway divided with a raised
barrier, are vehicles traveling in the opposite direction required to stop? - ✔✔If the
highway is divided by a raised barrier or an unpaved median at least five feet wide, you
do not have to stop if you are moving in the opposite direction of the bus.
✔✔When a school bus stops to unload children, are vehicles traveling in the same
direction required to stop? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What must you do when children or school crossing guards are present in a
crosswalk? - ✔✔When children or school crossing guards are present in a crosswalk,
you must yield and stop at the stop line and not in the crosswalk.
✔✔What must you do if an emergency vehicle with activated lights and/or sirens is
approaching you from behind? - ✔✔Pull over to the closest edge of the roadway
immediately and stop until the emergency vehicle has passed. Do not block
intersections.
✔✔What does the Move Over law require you to do? - ✔✔You must vacate the lane
closest to the stationary emergency vehicle, tow truck, sanitation, or utility vehicle.
(Signal your intention to change lanes.)If you cannot move over safely, you must slow
down to a speed of 20 mph below the posted speed limit.
✔✔What is a "No Zone"? - ✔✔Commercial vehicle blind spots (front, behind, both sides
of vehicle)
✔✔At what times must you use your headlights? - ✔✔You must use headlights between
the hours of sunset and sunrise.
, ✔✔At night, within how many feet of approaching a vehicle from the rear must you dim
your bright headlights? - ✔✔You must use low beam headlights when you are within
300 feet of the vehicle ahead of you.
✔✔Within how many feet of an oncoming vehicle should you dim your bright
headlights? - ✔✔You must use low beam headlights when coming within 500 feet of an
oncoming vehicle.
✔✔When driving in the rain, fog, or smoke in the daytime, what lights should you use? -
✔✔You must turn on your headlights in fog, smoke, and rain. Parking lights are not a
substitute.
✔✔What should you do when driving on wet roads in the rain? Why? - ✔✔Slow down!
Roads become slick during rainstorms and especially if it has not rained in a while (oil
build-up on the highway). Wet road conditions will increase your braking/stopping
distance, so be sure to increase following distance.
✔✔What should you do if your right wheels go off the pavement while driving? - ✔✔1.
Take your foot off the gas pedal.
2. Hold the wheel firmly and steer in a straight line.
3. Brake lightly.
4. Wait until the road is clear. Turn back on the pavement at slow speed (signal your
intention).
✔✔What should you do if your tires begin to skid while driving? - ✔✔1. Take your foot
off the gas pedal.
2. Do not use your brakes, if possible.
3. Turn the vehicle's front tires in the direction you want to go (steer in the direction of
the skid).
4. If you are about to hit something see Emergency Braking, below.
✔✔When emergency braking, what is the difference between conventional brakes and
anti-lock brakes (ABS)? - ✔✔*Conventional Brakes*: Pump the brakes
*Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS)*: Must press down hard on the brake pedal, hold it, and steer
out of danger.
✔✔What should you do during a tire blow-out? - ✔✔1. Take your foot off the gas. Do
not use brakes.
2. Concentrate on steering.
3. Slow down gradually.
4. Brake softly when the car is under control.
5. Pull completely off the pavement/roadway.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔When a school bus is stopped to unload children on a highway divided with a raised
barrier, are vehicles traveling in the opposite direction required to stop? - ✔✔If the
highway is divided by a raised barrier or an unpaved median at least five feet wide, you
do not have to stop if you are moving in the opposite direction of the bus.
✔✔When a school bus stops to unload children, are vehicles traveling in the same
direction required to stop? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What must you do when children or school crossing guards are present in a
crosswalk? - ✔✔When children or school crossing guards are present in a crosswalk,
you must yield and stop at the stop line and not in the crosswalk.
✔✔What must you do if an emergency vehicle with activated lights and/or sirens is
approaching you from behind? - ✔✔Pull over to the closest edge of the roadway
immediately and stop until the emergency vehicle has passed. Do not block
intersections.
✔✔What does the Move Over law require you to do? - ✔✔You must vacate the lane
closest to the stationary emergency vehicle, tow truck, sanitation, or utility vehicle.
(Signal your intention to change lanes.)If you cannot move over safely, you must slow
down to a speed of 20 mph below the posted speed limit.
✔✔What is a "No Zone"? - ✔✔Commercial vehicle blind spots (front, behind, both sides
of vehicle)
✔✔At what times must you use your headlights? - ✔✔You must use headlights between
the hours of sunset and sunrise.
, ✔✔At night, within how many feet of approaching a vehicle from the rear must you dim
your bright headlights? - ✔✔You must use low beam headlights when you are within
300 feet of the vehicle ahead of you.
✔✔Within how many feet of an oncoming vehicle should you dim your bright
headlights? - ✔✔You must use low beam headlights when coming within 500 feet of an
oncoming vehicle.
✔✔When driving in the rain, fog, or smoke in the daytime, what lights should you use? -
✔✔You must turn on your headlights in fog, smoke, and rain. Parking lights are not a
substitute.
✔✔What should you do when driving on wet roads in the rain? Why? - ✔✔Slow down!
Roads become slick during rainstorms and especially if it has not rained in a while (oil
build-up on the highway). Wet road conditions will increase your braking/stopping
distance, so be sure to increase following distance.
✔✔What should you do if your right wheels go off the pavement while driving? - ✔✔1.
Take your foot off the gas pedal.
2. Hold the wheel firmly and steer in a straight line.
3. Brake lightly.
4. Wait until the road is clear. Turn back on the pavement at slow speed (signal your
intention).
✔✔What should you do if your tires begin to skid while driving? - ✔✔1. Take your foot
off the gas pedal.
2. Do not use your brakes, if possible.
3. Turn the vehicle's front tires in the direction you want to go (steer in the direction of
the skid).
4. If you are about to hit something see Emergency Braking, below.
✔✔When emergency braking, what is the difference between conventional brakes and
anti-lock brakes (ABS)? - ✔✔*Conventional Brakes*: Pump the brakes
*Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS)*: Must press down hard on the brake pedal, hold it, and steer
out of danger.
✔✔What should you do during a tire blow-out? - ✔✔1. Take your foot off the gas. Do
not use brakes.
2. Concentrate on steering.
3. Slow down gradually.
4. Brake softly when the car is under control.
5. Pull completely off the pavement/roadway.
