On a freeway, you realize you missed your turn or exit. You should:
- Make the turn quickly from your lane of travel.
- Stop and back up.
- Continue driving until you reach the next turn, exit, or other location where you can safely turn around. ✓
- Signal other drivers to stop so you can turn.
Answer: C. Continue driving until you reach the next turn, exit, or other location where you can safely turn around.
Continue driving until you reach the next turn, exit, or other location where you can safely turn around.
Why this is the answer
The Florida handbook says that if you pass your exit on a limited access highway, you must go to the next one. It also warns against last-minute turns and says that if you are not in the proper lane at an intersection, you should drive to the next intersection and turn from the correct lane. Together, those instructions mean you keep going until you reach a safe place to turn or exit rather than trying to correct the mistake right away.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Make the turn quickly from your lane of travel. — Making the turn quickly from your lane conflicts with the handbook's warning not to make last-minute turns into an exit.
- B. Stop and back up. — Stopping and backing up is not what the handbook directs after a missed exit; it says to go on to the next exit.
- D. Signal other drivers to stop so you can turn. — Signaling other drivers to stop so you can turn is not supported by the handbook, which instead says to continue to the next place where you can turn safely.
Remember it
Treat a missed exit as a signal to keep going to the next one, not to correct it on the spot.