Highway & Freeway Driving — Florida

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Entering and exiting freeways, lane changes, overtaking and HOV lane rules.

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Questions (3)

1. When asked to make a lane change during the skills test, you should:
  1. Make the necessary traffic checks first. ✓
  2. Not use your mirrors.
  3. Cut off other vehicles if needed to follow the instructions.
  4. Not make the lane change if you don’t want to.

Answer: A. Make the necessary traffic checks first.

You should make the necessary traffic checks first, then signal and change lanes smoothly when it is safe. The handbook's lane change section says that during the multiple lane portions of the skills test you will be asked to move left and then back right. For each of those changes, you first make the necessary traffic checks, then use proper signals, then move over smoothly when it is safe. So checking traffic comes before anything else, and the examiner is watching to see that order. The pass is not about obeying the instruction instantly; it is about doing the checks and signaling before you move.
Official handbook: Texas Commercial Driver License Handbook (DL-7C), Section 13 – On-Road Driving, p. 186
2. Simply changing lanes can cause:
  1. A “crack-the-whip” effect, resulting in a rollover. ✓
  2. A trailer to straighten out.
  3. Confusion over which lane the driver is hoping to use.
  4. Other drivers to reduce their speed.

Answer: A. A “crack-the-whip” effect, resulting in a rollover.

Simply changing lanes can cause a “crack-the-whip” effect that turns the trailer over. The combination vehicles section tells you to avoid quick lane changes, especially when loaded. It explains that trucks with trailers have a dangerous crack-the-whip effect, and a quick lane change can turn the trailer over. The doubles and triples section adds that these vehicles must be driven smoothly and that you should change lanes gradually to avoid rollover or jackknife. So the hazard tied directly to changing lanes is the trailer being whipped over, not a benefit or a vague social effect.
Official handbook: Texas Commercial Driver License Handbook (DL-7C), Section 6 – Combination Vehicles, p. 91
3. When changing lanes, you should:
  1. Move quickly before other vehicles get into the lane you wish to occupy.
  2. Move slowly, in case another vehicle is in the lane you wish to occupy. ✓
  3. Not use your turn signal.
  4. Never use the right lane.

Answer: B. Move slowly, in case another vehicle is in the lane you wish to occupy.

When changing lanes, you should move slowly and smoothly in case another vehicle is already in the lane you want to occupy. The handbook says to put your turn signal on before changing lanes and then change lanes slowly and smoothly. It gives the reason directly: a driver you did not see may get a chance to honk or avoid your vehicle. That matches the choice about moving slowly because another vehicle may be in the lane. The passage does not set an exact speed for lane changes; it tells you to make the move gradual and controlled.
Official handbook: Texas Commercial Driver License Handbook (DL-7C), Section 2 – Driving Safely, p. 39
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