1993 Chevrolet Lumina Owner's Manual - Page 147

Leaving the Freeway If you are moving from an outside to a center laneon a freeway having more than two lanes, make sure another vehicle isn't aboutto move into the same spot. Look the vehicles two at lanes overand watch for telltale signs: turn signals flashing,an increase in speed, or moving toward edge of the the lane. Be prepared to delay your move. Once you are moving thefreeway, on a make certain you allowreasonable following distance. Expectto move slightly slowerat night. allow a little extra time and flash your When you wantto leave the freeway, brake lights (in additionto your turn move to the proper lane well in advance. Dashing across lanes the at signal) as extra warningthat you are about $0 slow down and exit. last minute is dangerous. you miss If your exit donot, under any The exit ramp can be curved, sometimes circumstances, stop and back up. Drive quite sharply. The exit speed is usually on to the next exit. posted. Reduce your speed according to At each exit point a deceleration lane. your speedometer, not to your senseof is Ideally it should be long enough for you motion. After driving for any distance at to enter it at freeway speed (after higher speeds,you may tend to think signaling, of course) and then doyour you are going slowerthan you actually braking before moving onto theexit 40 are. For example, mph (65 lun/h) might seem like only mph (30 lmih). ramp. Unfortunately,not all 20 deceleration lanesare long enoughObviously, this could lead serious to some are too short for allthe braking. 20 trouble on a ramp designed for mph Decide when to start braking. If you (30 W h ) ! must brakeon the through lane, andif there is traffic close behind you, you can