Module 7 - Risk Reducing Strategies for Different Driving Environments

What should you do to reduce your risk on urban roadways when driving past parked vehicles on the side of the roadway?

Move to the left portion of the lane.

Which should you do when driving on gravel or a dirt roadways?

Reduce your speed and increase your following distance.

The entrance to an expressway has three areas. What are they?

The entrance ramp, the acceleration lane, and the merge area

Why is driving too fast for the degree of a curve dangerous?

Tires can lose their grip and the car will then slide sideways right off the road, hitting whatever is in its path.

Urban roadway

Typically carries a high volume of traffic and can be of varying speeds (25 - 55 mph)

When do most merging accidents occur?

Usually when a driver collides with a car that is stopped

What should you do if a merge lane is short?

Wait until the cars ahead have merged and the way is clear

Highway safety design features on expressways that help make them safer roadways to travel include:

breakaway sign supports

A "weave lane" on an expressway is very dangerous because:

it is both an entrance and exit lane.

How should you (a) enter a curve and (b) leave a curve?

(a) Enter a curve slowly. (b) Leave by accelerating out of it.

Interchange

Any place on an expressway that traffic can enter or exit, usually by means of ramps

How should a driver approach the crest of a hill?

Approach the crest at a speed that will allow the ability to stop for anything.

Which is the proper procedure when driving through curves?

Approach the curve in the right portion, then accelerate out of the apex.

Deceleration lane

Area where speed should be reduced to exit safely

Rural roadway

Carries a low volume of traffic and speed limits range from (25 - 55 mph)

Which identifies types of highway interchanges?

Diamond, trumpet, and cloverleaf

If you want to get off the expressway but miss your exit, what should you do?

Go to the next exit, cross over, and return to the exit.

Expressway

High-speed roadways that typically carry a high volume of traffic

Cloverleaf intersection

Interchange enables drivers to proceed in either direction on either highway

Diamond interchange

Interchange used when a road that has little traffic crosses a busy expressway

Trumpet roadway

Interchange used where a side forms a T intersection with an expressway

Acceleration lane

Lane used to speed up to or near the speed of traffic on the expressway

Weave lane

Locations where a driver can enter and exit the expressway

What can you do to make it easier to see other vehicles when merging?

Make quick glances behind to see vehicles more clearly