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 vehicles 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
venicie.
Fiemember
io
yiance
over
your
sirouicjer
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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