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Driving In Urban Traffic

Driving In Urban Traffic. Chapter 9. 9.1 Adjusting to Urban Traffic. City driving will test your best abilities Traffic is complex in the city 1st traffic is more dense more hazards 2nd all hazards are closer and can easily block your POT

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Driving In Urban Traffic

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  1. Driving In Urban Traffic Chapter 9

  2. 9.1 Adjusting to Urban Traffic • City driving will test your best abilities • Traffic is complex in the city • 1st traffic is more dense more hazards • 2nd all hazards are closer and can easily block your POT • with more hazards and line of sight restrictions slow your vehicle • in city driving you may have to respond to several close hazards and possible conflicts at the same time

  3. Focus your attention more to what you are doing, turn down radio, stop conversations • Watch for aggressive drivers • Use your IPDE principle to maneuver through the city • It takes time to use IPDE so give yourself more time and space

  4. 9.2 Following and Meeting Traffic • Give your self more space • allows you to see further ahead • more time to use IPDE • in better position to avoid hazards • Use 3-4 second following distance • Increase following distance: new to driving, have tailgater behind you, LOS restriction, low traction, carrying heavy load, driver ahead seems lost or unsure, following a motorcycle

  5. Look over, through or around the vehicle you are following to see further ahead and anticipate problems • Areas for sudden stops • intersections • lanes next to parked vehicles • business driveways w/ high volume traffic • When to look away • 1st make sure you have an open zone ahead or increase following distance

  6. Lower speed if you have LOS restriction • keep eyes moving and glance rather than look • if you have a passenger ask them to look • Managing tailgaters- someone following too close • 1st Increase your following distance to at least 4 seconds • move slightly to right • Signal early for turns, stops or lane changes • pull off or change lanes to avoid tailgater

  7. Reasons drivers may cross over center lane into yours • 1st Driver impairment- • 2nd Poor Judgement- • Poor Visibility- • Reduced Space- • Sudden moves by others- • Vehicle Failure- • Turning buses or Trucks • Double Parked Vehicles

  8. Avoiding conflicts if vehicle is coming at you • Slow until the other driver can return to their lane • Turn on your headlights or beep your horn • if you have an open zone on your right move over to let the other vehicle pass (swerve sharply if needed)

  9. 9.3 Managing Space in Urban Traffic • Look further ahead and stay back • Look for traffic signals and anticipate what to do • if a light is green when you first see it, predict it will change • never speed up to get through a green or yellow light • Cover the Brake- take foot off accelerator and place above brake • Use this when anticipating hazards

  10. DO not Ride the Brake- resting your foot on the brake pedal • To avoid and respond to parked vehicles • Move left to lane position 2 • Look for drivers through windows, or for brake lights or exhaust • lightly tap your horn if needed • be ready to stop or swerve into open left zone • drive at least one car door’s width away from parked vehicles

  11. Adjusting speed when entering a city • Drive with traffic flow • Stay within speed limit • adjust speed and position ahead of time for other drivers actions • Lane Positioning • Pick the best lane for you where traffic is least restricted • stay out of others blind spots and change lanes when your front zone closes

  12. Changing Lanes • use mirrors to check traffic in rear • signal lane change early • Quick check your blind spot • Change lanes without slowing • cancel your signal • Overtake- pass another vehicle • use steps for changing lanes except return to your lane • use carpool lanes or other special lanes if you can

  13. 9.4 Special Urban Situations • One way streets have fewer conflicts • Identifying one way streets • look for ONE WAY signs • all moving and parked vehicles face the same direction • Most traffic signs will face only one direction • Enter one way streets in the near lane • When traveling a distance on a one way street avoid the lane next to parked vehicles

  14. Signaling wrong-way drivers • slow, steer right and signal- horn: flash your headlights if you have time • Unexpected situations on Crowded streets • expect unseen hazards • be prepared to make sudden stops

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