Entering a freeway — Nevada Permit Test
Entering a freeway on the Nevada permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
In the merge or acceleration lane, signal and speed up to, or near, the speed of freeway traffic.
A car that enters a freeway too slowly forces fast drivers behind it to brake hard or swerve.
Use your turn signal and accelerate to - or near - the speed of freeway traffic.
Do not stop before merging onto a freeway unless necessary; a stop means a slow and dangerous start into fast-moving traffic.
Starting from a dead stop, a car cannot reach freeway speed before the fast traffic behind runs into it.
Do not stop before merging unless necessary; a stop can mean a slow and dangerous start into fast-moving traffic and can affect traffic behind the driver.
As you enter a freeway from a merging lane, you must yield to traffic already on the freeway.
Cars on the freeway are moving fast and close, so a car that forces its way in gets hit.
As you enter from a merging lane, you must yield to traffic already on the freeway.
On the test
In the acceleration lane, how fast should you be going as you merge?
At or near the speed of freeway traffic. A car that enters a freeway too slowly forces fast drivers behind it to brake hard or swerve. Nevada Driver Handbook, p.36: “Use your turn signal and accelerate to - or near - the speed of freeway traffic.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Nevada Driver Handbook, published by the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV.pdf (Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV.pages.txt (plain pdftotext, the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV-exam.html (Nevada DMV, Written Knowledge Test page, https://dmv.nv.gov/wtestteens.htm, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://dmv.nv.gov/dlhandbook.htm (read 2026-10-04; links the handbook)