You are travelling on the highway and intend to exit it. Will you start braking when you enter the exit lane?

In the video you are driving in the right lane of a motorway and approaching the exit to a rest area (MOP); a deceleration lane has been added on the right, which you are just entering, and an arrow pointing right is painted on its surface. Since you intend to leave the motorway, you will start braking after entering the deceleration lane. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act requires a driver to drive at a speed that does not obstruct other drivers and to brake in a way that does not endanger road safety or obstruct traffic. The deceleration lane, that is, the exit lane, was built precisely so that drivers leaving the road can lose speed outside the main carriageway: on a motorway everyone drives fast, and a car braking in the right lane would force the drivers behind it to brake harshly and would risk a rear-end collision. So the correct order is: the right indicator in good time, a smooth move into the deceleration lane at motorway speed, and only then braking - evenly, so that before the curve of the slip road you are driving at a speed suited to its radius. After several dozen kilometres of fast driving, it is hard to judge speed, so you look at the speedometer. The acceleration lane works in a similar way in the other direction: you speed up in it, not on the main carriageway.

Legal basis: Art. 19 para. 2 point 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)