The correct way to use a freeway exit ramp is to:

1. Slow down before entering the exit ramp.
2. Slow down once moving onto the exit ramp. ✓
3. Keep your speed constant once in the exit ramp.
4. Pass slower traffic in the exit ramp.

Answer: B. Slow down once moving onto the exit ramp.

Slow down once you move onto the exit ramp.

Why this is the answer

The handbook's steps for leaving a limited-access highway include getting into the exit lane, signaling, slowing in the deceleration lane, and checking the posted safe speed for the exit ramp. That supports reducing your speed as you move onto the ramp rather than holding highway speed or using the ramp to pass.

Why the other answers are wrong

• A. Slow down before entering the exit ramp. — Slowing before entering is not the step the handbook describes; it says to slow in the deceleration lane and check the ramp's posted safe speed.
• C. Keep your speed constant once in the exit ramp. — Keeping a constant speed in the exit ramp would skip the handbook's instruction to slow down and check the posted safe speed for the exit.
• D. Pass slower traffic in the exit ramp. — The passage gives no instruction to pass slower traffic in an exit ramp; it tells drivers to get into the exit lane and slow down.

Remember it

Pick the exit lane early, signal, and let the deceleration lane bring you down to the posted ramp speed.