1996 Buick Roadmaster Owner's Manual - Page 169

Freeway Driving At the entrance, there usually a ramp that leads to is the freeway. If you have a clear view of the freeway as you drive alongthe 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. Switchon your turn signal, check your mirrors and glance over your shoulder often as as necessary. Try to blend smoothly withthe traffic flow. Once youare on the freeway, adjust your speed to the posted k t 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. Just before you leave the lane, glance quickly over your shoulder to make sure there isn't another vehicle in your "blind" spot. 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. 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 driving. Too-fast or are too-slow driving breaks a smooth traffic flow. Treat the left lane on a freeway as a passing lane. Once you are moving on the freeway, make certain you allow a reasonable following distance. Expect to move slightly slowerat night. When you want to leave the freeway, move the proper to If lane well in advance. you m i s s your exit, do not, under any circumstances, stop and back up. Drive on to the nextexit. The exit ramp can be curved, sometimes quite sharply. 4-19