Thank you for your comment. This motivates a lot to keep going. I am happy if I can help you and wish you all the best for your exam!

An interesting thought! However, I am not quite sure how realistic this is. A truck passes you at lets say 93 kmh. A car following him can not go much faster, otherwise it would hit. At the same time the car has to keep a safe distance. In this case, you would have to use this distance to get into the same lane. One of my students once had the misfortune to encounter a very long line of trucks on a very short highway entry during his test. He let one pass and then accelerated so precisely that he was able to squeeze into the gap to the next truck. After that he had two options, to let the car roll out to restore the safety distance to the front or to move further into the overtaking lane. He chose second option (and later passed the test.) We never had such a difficult situation before in driving lessons and yet he was able to recall what he had learned. Please don't get panic, if your instructor thinks you are ready, you will be able to handle even tough situations! All the best Dario

@@fahrlingo Hi.. Thanks.. yes you are right. the situation that a truck and then a faster car does not mathematically make sense However it seems like that the challenge will be in case a series of trucks are on the middle lane (driving 80-90 Km/h) or worse case : series of cars with limited spaces driving 100-120 km/h..

Some time my thoughts are like this

If you can merge safely before the vehicle and the end of the entry lane does not stop you: YES! Unfortunately it is not always possible to overtake a truck passing you at 93 km/h when coming out of the entry curve . Especially if your acceleration distance is short. It depends as well on the capacity of your car. I developed this guide to help my students to take a decision more easy wether to overtake or to let pass a truck. All the best Dario

Makes sense. Thank you very much for clarifying!

A nice question! You can accelerate in third gear to over 100Kmh and then switch directly to 5th or 6th gear without a problem. You can, of course, when reached 80 kmh (for example) while accelerating, change to 4th gear "in between". But during the gear change you have to let go of the gas pedal to engage the gear which can cost you a lot of time and in the worst case prevents you get ahead what makes changing lanes before another vehicle impossible. Therefore, to be on the safe side, I recommend my students to skip the 4th and jump directly to 5th or 6th gear. I hope I could answer your question. Best regards Dario

@@fahrlingo thanks a lot. This is very clear now. 😀

Just follow your instincts on when to enter the lane. In case you are not able to make it to 90-100 and the truck driver doesn’t slow down, then better slow down and enter behind him

You are welcome :D Its nice to see that i can help with my content! Thanks for your comment

I am very happy for you: Congratulations! That's why I make these videos! Thank you for coming back here. All the best, Dario.

Short Answer: Yes! To explain it takes some more words :D Your driving instructor is basically right, because he refers to the principle of driving on the right. In Germany, you must always drive on the far right outside villages or towns wich includes highways. The lanes on the left are only allowed to be used for overtaking. This enables a more efficient flow of traffic allowing higher speeds. If 2 new lanes are added to the freeway LEADING TO THE SAME DIRECTION, you have to change lanes on your own in order to get to the right-hand edge. If you stay in the middle and change lanes only after being requested to do so, you will fail the test. Often, however, 2 more lanes are added to redirect you to a different highway. You can recognize this by the signs above the highway and by the short but thick stripes that separate the outgoing lanes from the straight ahead lanes. If the examiner remains silent he wants to continue straight ahead. In this case, stay in the right lane for straight ahead and do not change to the outgoing lanes to your right. Hopefully i could answer your question. Kind regards Dario

Yes, I understood your answer. The problem sometimes is that, at 120 kmph on the autobahn sometimes its too late to shift to the right most lane. Is there a specific sign or a small trick to be prepared for it? I am thinking to remembering the route by watching the google map satelight image of the autobahn.

Hello Laura! I think there was a misunderstanding. The first step when entering the highway is to change to third gear to be able to drive 50 and faster. Please do not use the first gear! As your driving instructor has told you: The first is used only up to a maximum of 20 Kmh. For driving up Highway, you use the third gear. Sorry if my English is not 100% correct.

@@fahrlingo thanks for the quick response, it is not your fault, maybe i didn’t get it 😊

Hi Oh No! That is a nice suggestion. I will take it up as a topic for the next video, even though I have never had any of my students who failed it in 5 years. But I know that many are afraid of the parking task.

@@fahrlingo okay thanks

Thanks for your question! Legally, you must stop at the end of the acceleration lane. If you already have your driver's license, however, I would rather drive over the acceleration lane further into the auxiliary lane behind it to prevent stopping at any price. Because driving onto the highway from 0 to 100 is very dangerous. In the exam you would not pass in both cases because this is not really necessary if you have acted correctly before. With some training you will manage to merge even into small spots in between of passing cars or trucks if necessary. Kind regards Dario