A 3-minute lesson from the Vermont course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Interstates are multi-lane, divided, controlled-access roads built for quicker, safer travel over long distances. They're also called expressways, turnpikes or freeways. High speeds leave little room for error, so merging, lane discipline and emergencies each have their own rules.
65 mph
Maximum speed on a Vermont Interstate, unless another limit is posted
Short lanes beside the Interstate that connect ramps to the main lanes: acceleration lanes for speeding up to enter, deceleration lanes for slowing to exit.
Keep your eyes moving and check your mirrors often. Use the 4-second rule, and add space if the road is wet or slippery. Never slow down or change lanes suddenly, and avoid frequent lane changes.
If the edge line on your right is yellow on a divided highway, you are going the WRONG WAY. On a divided highway the line on your right should be white.
You miss your exit on I-91. Don't stop, back up or cut through the median crossover, which is for emergency and maintenance vehicles only. Drive to the next exit and turn around there.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
When entering an interstate, who must yield the right-of-way?
Drivers already on the interstate must yield to the entering driver
Whoever is driving faster has the right-of-way
No one; entrance ramps have their own right-of-way
The entering driver must yield to traffic already on the interstate
Answer: The entering driver must yield to traffic already on the interstate
The entering driver must yield to drivers already on the interstate.
