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ecause they have problems with their vehicle. Emergency Stopping Lane Do not drive in the emergency stopping lane of a highway. Do not pass or assist another vehicle to pass you by using this lane. Entering and exiting a major roadway Merging Emergency Stopping Lane Emergency stopping lanes border the lanes of travel on a primary highway. Merging is done when two roadways join into one and the traffic on the main roadway must cooperate to allow enough space for vehicles to enter from the merging lane. Neither the merging vehicle nor the vehicles already on the highway have the right-ofway. Merging is a shared responsibility between the vehicles joining the roadway and the vehicles already on the roadway. Avoid reducing your speed abruptly or stopping when merging. This merging lane is designed to allow you to bring your vehicle to the posted speed of the road onto which you are merging. The drivers behind you are expecting you to continue moving ahead. If you slow or stop, your vehicle may be hit from behind. Here are some tips on merging safely: • Merging requires that you plan and time your approach to blend smoothly with traffic, without stopping or abruptly reducing your speed. • Check the traffic flow on the highway as soon as you can see the lane where you will be merging. • Choose your gap in the traffic, and begin adjusting your speed, if required. Keep glancing at the gap you chose to ensure you are making the speed and timing adjustments necessary to safely merge without affecting traffic. • Use your signal light before or when you are on the acceleration lane. • Accelerate to the speed of the traffic on the main road. • Keep shoulder checking to view the gap and look in your rear view mirror for vehicles following you. • When it is safe and legal, move into the gap after you are past the solid white line of the acceleration lane. Maintain your speed at or near the speed of the other vehicles. • Ensure your signal light is turned off. If you are on the main roadway, and traffic is merging, move left to the next lane if it is safe. This leaves the right travel lane clear for the merging vehicles to enter. CHAPTER FIVE HIGHWAYS AND FREEWAYS 71
SIGNAL AND MOVE CAREFULLY INTO HIGHWAY LANE ADJUST TO HIGHWAY SPEED IN ACCELERATION LANE WRONG DO NOT ENTER HIGHWAY HERE AT A SHARP ANGLE BE PREPARED TO ADJUST SPEED WHEN APPROACHING MERGING AREA TRAFFIC FLOW Correct and incorrect method for merging. DO NOT SLOW DOWN HERE TRAFFIC FLOW SLOW DOWN AFTER TURNING INTO DECELERATION LANE DO NOT MAKE LAST MINUTE TURN-OFF WRONG CHECK POSTED SAFE SPEED FOR RAMP Correct (safe) and incorrect (unsafe) method for exiting from a highway. Exiting Here are some tips on how to exit a major roadway or highway safely: • Plan ahead. Be in the proper lane well before you reach your exit. • Use your turn signal well in advance of the exit to alert the drivers behind you. • Move into the deceleration lane if there is one. • If possible, do most of the slowing in the deceleration lane. Some deceleration lanes are short; you may need to start to reduce your speed while still on the highway. • When you have exited, ensure your signal light is turned off. • If you miss your exit, do not stop. Continue to the next exit and make plans to return to your route. Do not stop and reverse on the highway, the emergency stopping lane or shoulder. Weave zones On some roadway interchanges, there are places where the highway entrance and exit use the same lane. The entrance and exit can be close together. These areas require caution and cooperation because vehicles share the same lane to slow to exit the highway while other vehicles are using it to increase speed to enter the highway. The area that these vehicles share is called a weave zone. 72 A Driver’s Guide to Operation, Safety and Licensing
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