acceleration lane
Highway entry lane
An acceleration lane is a highway entrance ramp where vehicles speed up to match traffic flow before merging.
The lane runs parallel to the main road, giving drivers space to reach highway speed safely: Use the full acceleration lane before merging.
Highway entry lane
- entrance rampRoad joining main highway
- slip roadHighway entry lane
- rampSloped connecting surface
- entryAccess or submission
approach · access · ingress · junction · interchange · cloverleaf · freeway · expressway
Combine into unity
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- zipper mergeAlternating lane reduction method
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- signalMessage-conveying cue
indicator · timing · gap · spacing · courtesy · cooperation · right-of-way · traffic flow
Increase velocity or rate
- throttlePower flow controller
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
propulsion · revving · gearing up · horsepower · torque · pickup · pedal · engine power
on-ramp
Highway entry lane
- entrance rampRoad joining main highway
- slip roadHighway entry lane
- rampSloped connecting surface
entry · approach · access · ingress · junction · interchange · cloverleaf · freeway · expressway · motorway
merge
Combine into unity
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- zipper mergeAlternating lane reduction method
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
signal · indicator · timing · gap · spacing · courtesy · cooperation · right-of-way · traffic flow · insertion
speed up
Increase velocity or rate
surge · propulsion · revving · gearing up · horsepower · torque · pickup · pedal · engine power · runway
- lanes
- road featurescurve, bend, straightaway, stretch, junction
- highway featuresoff-ramp, exit ramp, shoulder, guardrail, exit sign
- merge zoneszipper merge, merge sign, taper, merging traffic
- highwayshighway, highways, freeway, freeways, expressway
- test facilitiestest track, proving ground, test chamber, test bench, test bed
acceleration laneexit ramp
Road leaving a highway
off-ramp · exit lane · braking zone · turnoff
acceleration, accelerate, accelerated, accelerating, accelerator, accelerators, accelerations, lane, celerity