1993 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 216

Switch on your turn signal, check your rearview mirrors as you move along, and glance over your shoulder as often asnecessary. Try to blend smoothly with the traffic flow. Driving on the Freeway Once you are on the freeway, adjust your speed to theposted limit or to the prevailing rate if it's slower. Stay in right lane unless you want to the pass. If you are ona two-lane freeway, treat theright lane as the slow lane and the left lane as passing lane. the If you are ona three-lane freeway, treat theright lane as theslower-speed through lane,the middle lane as the higher-speed through lane,and the left lane as thepassing lane. Before changing lanes, check your rearview mirrors. Then use your turn signal. Just beforeyou leave the lane, glance quickly over your shoulder to make vehicle in your "blind" spot. sure there isn'tanother If you are moving from an outside to a center lane on freeway having a more than two lanes, make sure another vehicle isn't about tomove into the same spot. Look at thevehicles two lanes over and watch for telltale signs: turn signals flashing, an increase in speed, or moving toward the edge of the lane. Be prepared delay your move. to Once you are moving on thefreeway, make certain you allow a reasonable following distance. Expect to move slightly slowerat night. Leaving the Freeway When you want to leave the freeway, move to the proper lane well in advance. Dashing across lanes at thelast minute is dangerous. If you miss your exit do not, under any circumstances, stop andback up. Drive on to the next exit. At each exit point is a deceleration lane. Ideally it should be long enough for you to enter it at freeway speed (after signaling, of course) and then do your braking before moving onto theexit ramp. Unfortunately, not all deceleration lanesare long enough -- some are too short for the all braking. Decide when to startbraking. If you must brake on the through lane, andif there is traffic close behind you, you can allow a little extra