What does the manual recommend to prevent a last-minute lane change before your expressway exit?
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A.
Signal early and change lanes across all lanes at once
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B.
Turn on your hazard lights as the exit approaches
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C.
Slow down in your current lane until other traffic passes
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D.
Check destination signs and get into the correct lane ahead of time Correct
The answer is "Check destination signs and get into the correct lane ahead of time"
The manual tells drivers to check destination and exit signs and move into the correct lane ahead of time, so no last-minute change is needed. Choice A, sweeping across several lanes at once behind an early signal, is the habit of a driver who thinks a long signal buys a right to slide across lanes; the manual asks for one lane change at a time, planned in advance.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Signal early and change lanes across all lanes at once
The manual asks you to make lane changes one at a time, so sweeping across several lanes at speed is unsafe. This answer reads an early signal as authority for a sweeping move, borrowing the drifting habit from lightly trafficked roads.
B. Turn on your hazard lights as the exit approaches
Hazard lights mark a stopped or slow vehicle, not an upcoming exit. This answer reads hazard lights as an all-purpose warning, borrowing the habit from surface-street breakdowns.
C. Slow down in your current lane until other traffic passes
Slowing in a through lane forces drivers behind to brake; the manual's answer is to change lanes early, not to yield in place. This answer confuses freeway discipline with a surface-street merge, where slowing to slot in is common.
This question tests your knowledge of Lane Changes & Merging in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Expressway Driving," p.62..
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