When entering traffic after being parked at a curb, you:
- Should drive more slowly than other traffic for 200 feet.
- Should wait for a large enough gap to get up to the speed of traffic. ✓
- Should wait for the first two vehicles to pass, then drive into the lane.
Answer: B. Should wait for a large enough gap to get up to the speed of traffic.
When pulling away from a curb, wait for a gap big enough to get up to the speed of traffic.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's section on entering traffic says that from a full stop you should signal and leave yourself a large enough space to reach the speed of the cars around you. It puts a number on that space: about half a block, roughly 150 feet, on city streets, and a full block, roughly 300 feet, on the highway. This tells you to look for a real opening in traffic rather than just the first small break, so you merge at a matching speed instead of rolling out slowly in front of faster cars.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Should drive more slowly than other traffic for 200 feet. — The handbook ties the needed space to a distance before you start moving, not to a rule about driving extra slowly for a set stretch afterward.
- C. Should wait for the first two vehicles to pass, then drive into the lane. — Counting a fixed number of passing vehicles is not the standard the handbook gives; it asks for a gap large enough to reach traffic speed.
Remember it
Think in blocks, not car counts: half a block in town, a full block on the highway, before you pull out.