Expressway driving — Georgia Permit Test

Every ordinary traffic law and safe-driving guideline still applies to a driver on an expressway.

A road with no cross streets feels like somewhere the rules have loosened, and Georgia says the same ones apply.

slower traffic should keep to the right; and all traffic laws and guidelines associated with safe driving still apply

From the entrance ramp you move into the acceleration lane, which runs alongside the main roadway, and match your speed to the traffic there before merging.

Joining slower than the traffic makes everybody behind you brake on a road built for not braking.

From the entrance ramp, you should move into the acceleration lane. This is the lane that runs alongside the main roadway.

Vehicles already on the expressway have the right of way over a driver joining it, though a courteous driver will make room.

The traffic already up to speed cannot slow for you without the car behind it slowing too.

Vehicles on the expressway have the right of way, but courteous drivers will permit you to move into the expressway traffic.

Leaving an expressway you use the deceleration lane to slow down, and the posted exit speeds are usually low because of how the ramp is built.

Braking in the travel lane hands the driver behind a problem they had no reason to expect.

At the exit, deceleration lanes are provided for slowing down when leaving the expressway. Posted exit speeds are usually low due to the design of the roadway.

The gore is the triangle of road between the solid white lines where an acceleration lane meets the travel lane, and a driver joining may not cross that line until it disappears.

The paint marks the point where the merge is meant to happen, and cutting it short cuts somebody off.

Drivers entering the controlled access highway are prohibited by law from crossing this solid white line, and are required to continue traveling in the acceleration lane until the solid white line disappears.

Stopping on an expressway is prohibited, and Georgia says that switching drivers, stretching or reaching for something in the back is not an emergency.

A stopped car on a road where everything is doing seventy is the thing the next driver hits.

Stopping on the expressway is prohibited. You will find rest areas and service signs at frequent intervals

Highway hypnosis is the drowsiness or unawareness an expressway can bring on through the monotony, the wind, the tires and the steady hum of the engine.

Nothing changes for an hour and your attention quietly leaves, which you cannot notice happening.

Expressway drivers are subject to "highway hypnosis," a condition of drowsiness or unawareness brought on by monotony, the sound of the wind, the tires on the pavement, and the steady hum of the engine.

Which traffic laws apply to a driver on a Georgia expressway?

All of them, as on any other road. A road with no cross streets feels like somewhere the rules have loosened, and Georgia says the same ones apply. Georgia Driver's Manual, p.111: “slower traffic should keep to the right; and all traffic laws and guidelines associated with safe driving still apply”