You are on the acceleration lane of a Florida limited access highway. When should you merge into traffic?
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A.
Only after coming to a complete stop at the end of the acceleration lane
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B.
As soon as your signal is on, regardless of the gap in traffic
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C.
Immediately, because highway traffic must yield to entering drivers
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D.
When you can do so safely, yielding to traffic on the highway Correct
The answer is "When you can do so safely, yielding to traffic on the highway"
Florida's four-step procedure has you check for an opening on the ramp, signal, build speed in the acceleration lane, then merge only when there is a safe gap while yielding to the traffic already on the highway. Drivers who picture the on-ramp as a ramp meter, as if the entrance itself grants right of way, pick C and hand priority to the entering car.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Only after coming to a complete stop at the end of the acceleration lane
The acceleration lane is built for gaining speed and merging, not for a routine stop at its end; you stop there only when traffic is too heavy and there is no safe gap. Treats the end of the acceleration lane as a hard stop line, carrying over a yield-sign habit from surface streets.
B. As soon as your signal is on, regardless of the gap in traffic
A signal announces intent but does not create a safe gap; the merge still has to be safe. Reads the turn signal as a claim on the right-of-way, a habit picked up in slow city traffic where drivers wave a signaled car in.
C. Immediately, because highway traffic must yield to entering drivers
The yield direction is reversed; entering drivers yield to highway traffic, not the other way around. Flips the yield direction, picturing the on-ramp as a ramp meter that grants entering drivers priority.
This question tests your knowledge of Lane Changes & Merging in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Entering & Leaving Limited Access Highways," p.63..
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