Florida Driver's Handbook, Section 10: Sharing the Road
Bicyclists, trucks, emergency vehicles, funeral processions, golf carts, motorcycles, pedestrians, school buses and slow-moving vehicles.
Summary written by MyPermitExam from the official handbook, rev. 08/2023. Not a copy of the handbook. Checked Oct 2026. Not affiliated with the DMV. Official Florida Driver License Handbook
Key rules
- Give bicyclists at least three feet when passing, and turn behind them when crossing a bike lane. p. 81
- Stay out of a truck's No Zone blind spots, pass it on the left and don't cut back in until you see its cab in your mirror. p. 82
- Yield to emergency vehicles with sirens or lights: pull to the nearest edge and stop until they pass. p. 84
- A motorcyclist is entitled to the whole lane; keep more than four seconds behind one. p. 85
- Stop and stay stopped for pedestrians at crossings, and never pass a car stopped at a crosswalk. p. 88
- On a two-way road, traffic in both directions stops for a stopped school bus; only a raised barrier or a 5-foot unpaved median lets oncoming traffic continue. p. 89
- Farm vehicles slower than 25 mph carry the orange slow-moving vehicle triangle on the rear. p. 89