If you miss your exit on a highway, you should
- continue to the next exit. ✓
- make a U-turn.
- back up to your exit.
- stop.
Answer: A. continue to the next exit.
If you miss your exit on a highway, keep going and take the next exit.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's freeway section explains how to leave a freeway: get into the right lane early, signal, enter the exit lane smoothly, then slow down gradually to the ramp speed. It then adds the rule for this situation directly: if you miss an exit, keep going and take the next exit. Your speed on a freeway is high, so the safe habit is to carry on to the next exit rather than try to correct the mistake on the spot.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. make a U-turn. — A U-turn is not what the handbook tells you to do after missing an exit; it says to keep going to the next exit.
- C. back up to your exit. — Backing up is not what the handbook tells you to do after missing an exit; it says to keep going to the next exit.
- D. stop. — Stopping is not the handbook's instruction for a missed exit, since you are told to carry on and take the next one.
Remember it
Treat a missed exit like a missed bus: let it go and catch the next one.