If you miss your highway exit, what should you do?

• A. Do not stop in the roadway; continue to the next safe exit to turn around.
• B. Stop immediately in the roadway.
• C. Turn around in the median.
• D. Make a U-turn at the next on-ramp.

Answer: (A)

The main idea is to avoid stopping on a highway and to use the next safe exit to turn around. Stopping in the roadway creates a dangerous obstacle for other drivers and can be illegal. Turning around in the median is risky because you’d be moving into a high-traffic area with limited visibility and no safe space to complete the maneuver. A U-turn at the next on-ramp is not designed for turning back and can conflict with entering or exiting traffic, increasing crash risk. The safest choice is to keep going to the next safe exit, then re-enter the roadway in the correct direction and find your way back.