1998 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manual - Page 169

Freeway Driving At the entrance, there usually a ramp that leads to the is freeway. If you have a clear view of the freewayas you drive along the entranceramp, you should beginto check traffic. Try to determinewhere you expect to blend with the flow. Try to merge into the gap at close to the prevailingspeed. Switch on your turn signal, check your mirrors and glance overyour shoulder as often as necessary. Try toblend smoothly with the trafficflow. Once you are on the freeway, adjust your speed to the posted limit or to the prevailing rate slower. Stay if it's in the right lane unless want to pass. you Before changing lanes, check mirrors. Then use your your turn signal. yp Just beforeyou leave the lane, glance quickly over y shoulder to make suretherecisn't another vehicle in your "blind" spot. Once you are moving on thefreeway, make certainyou allow a reasonable following distance. Expectmove to Mile for mile, freeways (also called thruways, parkways,slightly slower at night. expressways, turnpikes or superhighways) are the safest When you want to leave thefreeway, move to the proper of all roads. But they have theirown special rules. lane well in advance. If you miss your exit, donot, The most important adviceon freeway drivingis: Keep under any circumstances, stopand back up. Drive on to up with trafficand keep to the right. Drive at the same the next exit. speed most of the other drivers driving. Too-fast or are The exitramp can be curved, sometimes quite sharply. too-slow driving breaks a smooth traffic flow. Treat the left laneon a freewayas a passing lane. 4-21