1996 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 188

Freeway Driving At the entrance, there is usually a rarnp that leads to the freeway. If you have a clear viewof the freewayas you drive along the entrance ramp, you should begin to check traffic. Try to determine where you expect to blend with the flow. Try to merge into gap at close the to the prevailing speed. Switch on your signal, check turn your mirrors and glance over your shoulder as often as necessary. Try to blend smoothly with th'e traffic flow. 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 you want to pass. Before changing lanes, check your mirrors. Then use your turn signal. Just before you leave the lane, glance quicklyover your shoulder to make sure there isn't another vehicle in your "blind" spot. Once you are moving on the freeway, make certaih you allow a reasonable following distance. Expect to move' Mile for mile, freeways (also called thruways, parkways,slightly slower at night. expressways, turnpikes or superhighways) are the safest When you wantto leave the freeway, move to the proper of all roads. But they have their own special rules. lane well in advance. If you miss your do.not, exit, The most important advice freeway driving is: on Keep' under any circumstances, stop and back Drive on tu up. up with traffic and keep the right. Drive at the same to the next exit. speed mostof the other driversare driving. Too-fast or can too-slow driving breaks a smooth traffic flow. Treat the The exit rarnp be curved, sometimes quite sharply. left laneon a freeway as a passing lane. 4-21