Free independent learning reference with original examples. Not official exam questions or personalized legal advice. Follow current provincial rules, signs and authorized directions.
Practise highway and weather decisions →Read what the wider marking separates
Entry and exit areas can contain several lanes with different destinations. The handbook describes continuity lines as wider than regular lane-separation markings. Look beyond colour alone and identify the through lane and the entry or exit path.
The wording is a description of the marking, not a blanket rule that every wide line may be crossed anywhere. Follow the signs and other controls, and make a lane change only when safe and properly signalled. An exit-only lane is not guaranteed to become a through lane again.
Source: New Brunswick Driver’s Handbook — Part 5 ↗Distinguish a lane ending from a driver helping
When a traffic-control device indicates that a lane ends, section 156.1 places the yielding duty on the driver moving from that lane. A driver in the adjacent lane may help if it is safe, but an indicator does not reserve a gap.
The handbook’s highway advice asks drivers already on the road to be ready to move left safely or slow to assist entering traffic. It also gives specific yielding guidance at the end of climbing or slow-traffic lanes. Courtesy and the lane-ending rule must be understood together.
Source: Motor Vehicle Act — §§156–156.1 ↗Use the lane destination before the last moment
Original worked cases
A wide continuity marking appears before an exit. The driver checks the signs and realizes the current lane serves the ramp. Reading the destination early leaves time to plan rather than swerving at the split.
A lane-end sign applies to the car’s lane, while another car occupies the adjacent gap. Signalling does not transfer priority. The driver must yield during the move.
A driver passes the intended exit. The handbook says to continue to the next one, without stopping on the travelled roadway or reversing toward the ramp.
Let acceleration and deceleration lanes do their jobs
Use the acceleration lane to build speed for joining through traffic and the deceleration lane to reduce speed for leaving. Plan the route and obey the actual lane signs. Section 159 limits access to controlled-access roads to marked entrances and exits.
Work through the free marking, signalling and highway questions below. The original cases explain lane identity and priority, without reproducing official diagrams or promising that a practice score establishes real-world merging skill.
Source: New Brunswick Driver’s Handbook — Part 5 ↗