When entering a highway from an entrance ramp, you should generally:
- Enter above the speed of traffic to get ahead.
- Enter slowly to avoid other vehicles.
- Stop first, then slowly enter traffic.
- Accelerate to the speed of traffic. ✓
Answer: D. Accelerate to the speed of traffic.
Accelerate to the speed of traffic.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's entering sequence starts on the ramp: look for an opening, signal, and build speed as the ramp becomes the acceleration lane. Then you adjust your speed so you can merge safely and yield to highway traffic. Stopping is reserved for heavy traffic with no safe gap. That sequence points to matching the flow rather than entering slowly, stopping first, or trying to go faster than traffic.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Enter above the speed of traffic to get ahead. — Trying to enter faster than traffic does not match the handbook's instruction to adjust your speed for a safe merge and yield to vehicles already on the highway.
- B. Enter slowly to avoid other vehicles. — Entering slowly goes against the handbook's direction to increase speed on the ramp and use the acceleration lane to merge safely.
- C. Stop first, then slowly enter traffic. — Stopping first is wrong because the handbook says not to stop in the acceleration lane unless traffic is too heavy and there is no safe space to enter.
Remember it
Aim to join the flow at the same pace, not slower or faster.