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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