3ty
Driving
Here are ways to increase your safety in city driving:
Know the best way to get to where you are
going. Get
a
city map and plan your trip into
an
unknown part of the city just as you would for a
cross-country trip.
Try
to
use
the freeways that rim and crisscross most
large cities. You’ll save time and energy. (See the
next part, “Freeway Driving.”)
light
is
there because the corner is busy enough to
need it. When a light turns green, and just before you
start to move, check both ways for vehicles that have
not cleared the intersection or may be running the
red light.
Treat a green light as a warning signal.
A
traffic
One of the biggest problems with city streets is the
amount
of
traffic on them. You’ll want
to
watch out for
what the other drivers are doing and pay attention to
traffic signals.
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