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Do
not get too close to the vehicle you want to pass
while you’re awaiting an opportunity. For one thing,
following too closely reduces your area of vision,
especially if you’re following a larger vehicle.
Also, you won’t have adequate space if the vehicle
ahead suddenly slows or stops. Keep back
a
reasonable distance.
When it looks like a chance to pass is coming up,
start to accelerate but stay in the right lane and
don’t get too close. Time your move
so
you will be
increasing speed as the time comes to move into the
other lane. If the way is clear to pass, you will have a
“running start” that more than makes up for the
distance
you
would lose by dropping back. And
if
something happens to cause you to cancel your pass,
you need only slow down and drop back again and
wait for another opportunity.
If other cars are lined up to
pass
a slow vehicle, wait
your turn. But take care that someone isn’t trying
to
pass you as you pull out
to
pass the slow vehicle.
Remember to glance
over
your shoulder and check
the blind spot.
Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder and
start your
left
lane change signal before moving
out
of the right lane to pass. When you are far enough
ahead of the passed vehicle to see its front in your
inside mirror, activate your right lane change signal
and move back into
the
right lane. (Remember that
your right outside mirror is convex. The vehicle you
just passed may seem to be farther away from you
than
it
really
is.)
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Try not to pass more than one vehicle at a time
on
two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the
next vehicle.
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Don’t overtake a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly.
Even though
the
brake lamps are not flashing, it may
be slowing down or starting to turn.
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If you’re being passed, make it easy for the
following driver to get ahead
of
you. Perhaps
you
can ease a little to the right.
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