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,
expressways, turnpikes or superhighways) are the safest
of
all roads. But they have their own special rules.
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