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

  1. Give bicyclists at least three feet when passing, and turn behind them when crossing a bike lane. p. 81
  2. 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
  3. Yield to emergency vehicles with sirens or lights: pull to the nearest edge and stop until they pass. p. 84
  4. A motorcyclist is entitled to the whole lane; keep more than four seconds behind one. p. 85
  5. Stop and stay stopped for pedestrians at crossings, and never pass a car stopped at a crosswalk. p. 88
  6. 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
  7. Farm vehicles slower than 25 mph carry the orange slow-moving vehicle triangle on the rear. p. 89

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