What is the recommended action when entering a roadway?

When entering a roadway, signaling your turn and accelerating is the recommended action as it promotes safety and effective communication with other drivers. Signaling your intention to merge or enter informs other roadway users of your plans, allowing them to adjust their speed or position accordingly. This behavior is essential in preventing accidents and maintaining the flow of traffic.

Accelerating carefully ensures that you can match the speed of the vehicles already on the roadway, which is crucial for safely merging. This approach helps avoid disruptions in traffic and minimizes the risk of collisions.

When evaluating the other choices, stopping completely before entering may not be necessary or safe in all situations. Depending on the traffic conditions, doing so could create a hazard for vehicles behind you. Using the left lane may not always be appropriate since lane usage is dictated by traffic rules and conditions. Finally, driving directly into traffic without adjusting speed creates a significant risk for collisions and is not a safe practice. Overall, signaling and accelerating provide a balanced approach to safely merging into traffic.