1994 Oldsmobile Silhouette Owner's Manual - Page 147

Treat a green light as a warning signal. A traffic light is there because the corneris busy enough to need it. When a light turns green, and just before you start tomove, check both ways for vehicles that have not cleared the intersectionor may be running thered light. I City Driving I Freeway Driving 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 thesame speed most of the otherdrivers are driving. Too-fast or too-slowdriving breaks a smooth traffic flow.Treat theleft lane on a freeway as apassing lane. At the entrance there usually a ramp is that leads to thefreeway. If you have a clear viewof the freeway as you drive along the entrance ramp, you should begin to check traffic. Try to determine where you expect to blend with the One of the biggest problems with city streets is the amount tr&c on them. of You'll want to watch out what the for other drivers are doing and pay attention totraffic signals. Here areways to increase your safety in city driving: Know the bestway to get to where you are going. Get acity map and plan your trip into an unknown part of the city just asyou would for a cross-country trip. Try to use thefreeways that rim and crisscross most large cities. You'll save time and energy. (See the next section, Freeway Driving.) 145