Freeway
Driving
The most important advice on freeway driving is: Keep
up with traffic and keep
to
the right. Drive at the
same speed most of the other drivers are driving.
Too-fast or too-slow driving breaks a smooth traffic flow.
Treat the left lane on a freeway as a passing lane.
At
the entrance, there is usually a ramp that leads
to
the freeway.
If
you have a clear view of the freeway as
you drive along the entrance ramp, you should begin
to
check traffic. Try
to
determine where you expect
to
blend with the flow. Try to merge into the gap at close
to
the prevailing speed. Switch on your turn signal,
check your mirrors and glance over your shoulder as
often as necessary. Try
to
blend smoothly with the
traffic flow.
Once you are on the freeway, adjust your speed
to
the
posted limit or
to
the prevailing rate
if
it’s
slower.
Stay in the right lane unless you want
to
pass.
Before changing lanes, check your mirrors. Then use
your turn signal.
Mile for mile, freeways (also called thruways, parkways, Just before you leave the lane, glance quickly over your
expressways, turnpikes or superhighways) are the shoulder
to
make sure there isn’t another vehicle
in
safest of all roads. But they have their own special rules.
your “blind”
spot.
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