When entering a freeway you should…?
- Signal and increase your speed to merge smoothly with traffic ✓
- Slow down, and then enter freeway at a sharp angle
- Stop on the acceleration lane, wait for an opening, and then enter the freeway rapidly
- Drive slowly and be prepared to stop for freeway traffic
Answer: A. Signal and increase your speed to merge smoothly with traffic
Signal and increase your speed to merge smoothly with the traffic already on the freeway.
Why this is the answer
The handbook describes a freeway entrance as an entrance ramp followed by an acceleration lane. It says to use the acceleration lane to raise your speed to match the traffic on the freeway before merging. It also says to signal and increase speed so the merge is smooth. That matches the answer: signal and build speed rather than entering slowly or stopping.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Slow down, and then enter freeway at a sharp angle — Slowing down and entering at a sharp angle does not match the handbook's instruction to use the acceleration lane to increase speed to traffic speed before merging.
- C. Stop on the acceleration lane, wait for an opening, and then enter the freeway rapidly — Stopping on the acceleration lane and waiting for a gap contradicts the handbook's direction to increase speed there and merge with traffic.
- D. Drive slowly and be prepared to stop for freeway traffic — Driving slowly and being ready to stop does not fit the handbook's instruction to match the speed of freeway traffic in the acceleration lane.
Remember it
Use the ramp to plan your gap and the acceleration lane to match traffic speed, then signal and blend in.
Official handbook: Official MTO Driver's Handbook, Freeway driving – Entering a freeway