Entering & Leaving Limited  Access Highways  You Must Not Pass:  Being Passed  Limited Access Highways All limited access highway entrances  have three basic parts: an entrance  ramp, an acceleration lane, and a  merging area.  When entering a limited access highway:  When leaving a limited access highway:  You must not increase your speed while  you are being passed. Move to the right  side of your lane to give passing drivers  more room and a better view of the road  ahead.  Limited access highways—also called  expressways, interstate highways,  turnpikes, toll roads, and freeways—are  multiple-lane roads with no stop signs,  traffic lights, or railroad crossings.  Pedestrians, hitchhikers, bicycles,  animal-drawn vehicles, and motor-driven  cycles/motor scooters (with 150 cubic  centimeter displacement or less) are not  allowed on limited-access highways.  34  ©2020 Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles  4. Don’t make last-minute turns into  an exit. If you pass your exit, you  must go to the next one.  3. Slow down in the deceleration lane.  Check the posted safe speed for the  exit ramp.  2. Activate your turn signal to show  your intention to exit.  1. Get into the exit lane. Most exits are  from the right lane.  3. Merge into traffic when you can do  so safely. You must yield the right- of-way to traffic on the highway. Do  not stop in the acceleration lane  unless traffic is too heavy and there  is no space for you to enter safely.  2. Increase your speed as the ramp  straightens into the acceleration  lane. Adjust your speed so that you  can safely merge into the traffic  when you reach the end of the  acceleration lane.  • at crosswalks where a vehicle has  stopped to allow a pedestrian to  cross.  • when a school bus is stopped and  has its warning flashers on and stop  sign extended; and  • within 100 feet of a bridge, viaduct,  tunnel, railroad crossing, or  intersection;  • on hills or curves where you can’t  see at least 500 feet ahead;  • in Do Not Pass and No Passing  zones;  • when the double-sided yellow line  is solid in your lane;  • where there is a single solid line,  or double-sided solid line dividing  lanes;  1. On the entrance ramp, begin  checking for an opening in traffic.  Signal your intent to merge onto the  highway.  Stay a safe distance behind the vehicle you want to pass. The closer you get, the less you can see. 