Montana permit test: highways & freeways
Entering, exiting and driving on limited-access roads. 4 questions.
How should you use an entrance ramp to join a high-speed highway?
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How should you use an entrance ramp to join a high-speed highway?
- A Drive onto the shoulder until a gap opens
- B Use the ramp to reach the speed of highway traffic
- C Enter slowly and speed up once on the highway
- D Stop at the end of the ramp and wait for a gap
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B. Use the ramp to reach the speed of highway traffic
Entrance ramps give you time to build speed. Signal, check your mirror and over your shoulder, and use the ramp to match the speed of traffic before you merge.
You are on a controlled-access highway and see a driver about to enter from a ramp. What should you do when possible?
- A Speed up so they can merge behind you
- B Move to the left lane so they can enter safely
- C Hold your lane; they must yield to you
- D Brake hard so they can merge in front
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B. Move to the left lane so they can enter safely
When traveling on a controlled-access highway and you see another driver entering, move to your left whenever possible so they can enter safely. Making space prevents last-second conflicts.
You plan to leave the freeway at the next exit. When should you begin to slow down?
- A As soon as you see the exit sign
- B A quarter mile before the exit, in the travel lane
- C Only after you come to the stop at the ramp's end
- D After you move onto the exit ramp
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D. After you move onto the exit ramp
Keep up with traffic while on the main road. Signal your exit and do not slow down until you have moved onto the exit ramp.
About how large a gap in traffic do you need to merge or change lanes safely?
- A About ten seconds
- B About four seconds
- C About two seconds
- D About one second
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B. About four seconds
You need a gap of about four seconds whenever you merge, change lanes or enter a roadway. If you move into the middle of it, both you and the car behind have two seconds of space.