How do you use an acceleration lane?

Signal before you enter the acceleration lane, or while you are in it. Speed up to the speed of the traffic on the highway and find a gap. Move into the gap after you pass the solid white line. Then turn off your signal.

Source: Driver’s Guide: Cars and Light Trucks (Government of Alberta, Spring 2026), Merging, page 75

Practice question

When do you use your signal if you merge from an acceleration lane?

1. 1Only after you are on the highway.
2. 2Never. Merging does not need a signal.
3. 3Only when the lane ends.
4. 4Before you enter the acceleration lane, or while you are in it.