Which of the following is a safe way to drive through a curve?
- Slow down as you enter, speed up as you exit. ✓
- Maintain a constant speed throughout the curve.
- Speed up as you enter, slow down as you exit.
- Stay near the right edge of your lane.
Answer: A. Slow down as you enter, speed up as you exit.
The safe way is to slow down as you enter the curve and speed up as you exit.
Why this is the answer
The Florida handbook's curve signs tell you to slow your speed for a right curve, sharp turn, reverse curve, or winding road, and not to pass. That supports reducing speed as you enter the curve so you are under control. Speeding up as you exit fits the idea of regaining normal speed after the curve, but the passages do not state that exit-acceleration part directly.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Maintain a constant speed throughout the curve. — Keeping one speed throughout ignores the handbook's instruction to slow your speed for a curve.
- C. Speed up as you enter, slow down as you exit. — Speeding up as you enter is the opposite of the handbook's curve-sign instruction to slow your speed.
- D. Stay near the right edge of your lane. — The passages do not give staying near the right edge as the safe method; they emphasize slowing down and not passing in curves.
Remember it
Think slow in, ease out: reduce speed before the curve, then regain speed after the road straightens.