Merging onto a highway
A free practice question for the California permit test, with the answer explained.
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You're on an on-ramp, merging onto the freeway. Who has the right of way?
The rule
When you merge onto a highway, the traffic already on the highway has the right of way, so you must fit into a safe gap.
When you merge, the traffic already on the highway goes first. Get up to the speed of traffic and merge into a gap big enough for your car.
From the California Driver Handbook, section 6, page 23. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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