Changing Lanes

Whenever you want to change lanes, what must you check for?

Whenever you want to change lanes, you must check that there’s no vehicles in your way in the alne you wanna enter

Whenever you want to change lanes, you must check that there’s no vehicles in your way in the alne you wanna enter; this means you must check for…

…traffic to the side of and behind your vehicle before you change lanes

Changing lanes includes:

moving from one lane to another, merging onto a roadway from an entrance ramp, and entering the roadway from the curb or shoulder

When changing lanes:

look in your rear-view and side mirrors, look over your shoulder in the direction you plan to move, check quickly, check the far lane, take one lane at a time

Look in your rear-view and side mirrors

Make sure there’s no vehicles in the lane you want to enter and that nobody is about to pass you

What are the blind spots of your vehicle?

The rear corners of your vehicle

How are the rear corners of your vehicle blind spots?

you can’t see them through your mirrors and you have to turn your head to see vehicles in these areas

Traffic ahead of you could…

…stop suddenly while you’re checking traffic to the sides, the rear, or over your shoulder

Use your _ to check _ while you are _

use your mirrors to check traffic while you’re preparing to change lanes, merge or pull onto the roadway

What should you check for before you change lanes?

Check over your shoulder for traffic in your blind spot

If there is a far lane, why must you make sure to check it?

someone in the far lane might plan to move into the same lane you want to enter

What should you do if you want to change several lanes?

merge one lane at a time

What happens if you wait until all of the lanes are clear?

You can tie up traffic and cause a crash