Acceleration lane

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On the left you can see the acceleration lane on which a light green car is driving.
Bird's eye view of a motorway entrance with an acceleration lane
Speed ​​lane on a Swiss motorway

As the acceleration lane or acceleration lanes (fachsprachlich outdated and acceleration lane ) is the ramp on a highway (z. B. motorway ), respectively. The purpose of the acceleration lane is to give the new road users entering the expressway the opportunity to achieve roughly the same speed as the flowing traffic before finally entering the main lane , so that they can merge into the flow of vehicles as safely as possible.

Speed ​​lane in Germany

You can drive faster on the acceleration lane than on the continuous lane next to it.

The acceleration lane is usually 250 m long , except for city ​​highways . The acceleration lane ends when the marking on the edge of the lane is moved from the right edge of the acceleration lane to the right edge of the main lane with a distortion in the form of two square parabolas over a length of 60 m.

This is usually followed by a hard shoulder that is not part of the carriageway in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Road Traffic Act (StVO). Usually it is not allowed to drive on it. The driver must therefore drive in such a way that he has threaded before the end of the acceleration lane, if he does not manage to do so, then according to current case law at the end of the acceleration lane he has to wait until there is a gap. However, this is associated with great dangers. On the one hand, the driver now has to make it into flowing traffic from a standing start. Threading from a standing start is associated with a high risk of accidents. On the other hand, there is a risk that braking will cause a rear-end collision because the driver behind you on the threading lane does not expect the sudden braking. Therefore, in many cases even driving instructors or the ADAC advise not to stop and to continue driving on the hard shoulder until there is a sufficiently large gap.

According to § 12 Abs. 1 Nr. 3 and § 18 Abs. 8 StVO, stopping on an acceleration lane is not permitted.

There is usually no hard shoulder next to an acceleration lane.

A threading lane in the middle of the lane makes it easier to turn left.

Speed ​​lane in Austria

The acceleration lane is defined in Section 2, Paragraph 1, No. 6c of the 1960 Road Traffic Act (StVO 1960).

In Austria, too, it is permitted to drive past a vehicle driving on the same lane in the same direction on the acceleration lane ( Section 2 (1) No. 29 StVO 1960).

The emergency lane adjacent to the acceleration lane may not be used ( Section 46 (4) lit. d StVO 1960). Use of the emergency lane exclusively as a "plan B" to avoid danger and further accelerate the vehicle ↔ subsequent errors of incorrect behavior before or at the beginning of the acceleration lane or incorrect behavior of other road users.

Speed ​​lane in Switzerland

In Switzerland it is allowed to drive past on the acceleration lane from entrances to the end of the double-line marking (Art. 36 para. 5 VRV ).

If the threading does not succeed, the journey may be continued on the hard shoulder if necessary; do not stop at the end of the acceleration lane.

See also

Individual evidence

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  4. ↑ AutoBild from 09/29/2004 - verdict of the week - hard shoulder remains hard shoulder
  5. ↑ R + V24-Magazin - News »Correct behavior when entering the motorway
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