Florida Driver's Handbook, Section 6: Pavement Markings, Signs and Signals

Pavement markings, the meaning of sign colors and shapes, traffic lights and arrows, and the special signals at work zones, drawbridges, crosswalks, railroad crossings and schools.

Key rules

1. Yellow lines separate opposite directions of traffic; white lines separate lanes going the same way. p. 43
2. You may not pass across a solid yellow line on your side, or across double solid lines. p. 44
3. Sign colors: red stop/prohibition, yellow warning, orange construction, fluorescent yellow-green school and pedestrian zones, green guide, blue services, brown recreation. p. 46
4. STOP requires a complete stop; YIELD means slow down and let others go, continuing without stopping if the way is clear. p. 47
5. After stopping on red you may turn right unless a NO TURN ON RED sign is posted, yielding to pedestrians and traffic. p. 51
6. A flashing yellow arrow allows the turn but oncoming traffic has green: yield. A flashing red light is a stop sign. p. 52
7. If a traffic light is out and no officer is present, treat the intersection as a four-way stop. p. 51
8. At railroad crossings, never stop on the tracks or within 15 feet, and never drive around lowered gates. p. 56