让你的交通在道路上更安全的方法
Travelers can 防御性驾驶 and take precautions to prevent merging collisions.
What steps can you take to prevent merging collisions?
It's not a good idea to make assumptions about what other drivers will or won't do. Those assumptions might cause a driver to be caught off guard when the unexpected happens. 司机是 entering, exiting or changing lanes on busy roadways should never assume other motorists will make room for them to merge.
出于这些原因，驾车者应该这样做 防御性驾驶 and take precautions when passing 车辆s to prevent merging collisions. And CDL drivers or drivers towing a trailer, remember the extra weight makes it harder to stop.
这里有10种安全合并的方法:
- Adjust your speed to match the flow of traffic before entering the roadway.
- Yield to drivers on the freeway, but avoid stopping unless absolutely necessary.
- Find a three to four-second gap in traffic to merge. And be looking for the 车辆 you want to be behind.
- Check for cars around your 车辆 before entering a lane. 记得检查你的盲点. Your mirrors will only reflect w在这里 they are aimed. So be sure to actually turn your head to see if the way is clear.
- Use your turn signals early, a recommended 100 to 300 feet before merging or changing lanes.
- 等待实线结束后再合并. A solid line indicates that lane changes are prohibited.
- 一次只穿过一条车道.
- Be prepared for your exit, and maneuver into the far-right lane as you approach it.
- In general, keep up with the speed of traffic until you exit. 然而, it's important to adjust your speed depending on the weather conditions and the design of the exit ramp.
- 如果你必须超过一辆车, pass on the left and return to your lane once the 车辆 is visible in your rearview mirror. Increase this distance when passing larger 车辆s. 如果你开的是商用车, be sure to check your side mirrors and blind-spot mirrors as some commercial 车辆s don't have a rearview mirror.
Changing lanes properly can greatly reduce the risk of crashes, fatalities and injuries on the road. Driving safety also means becoming familiar with the laws in your state, 例如十字路口的变道限制, 在桥上和禁区内. Check with your state's driver licensing agency for additional information and 学习更多有关安全驾驶的知识.
拉链合并
道路施工或交通意外可能需要封闭行车道. 当你遇到车道封闭时, you may need to get into a new lane or allow others to get into your lane. 拉链合并被认为是一个 best practice by the Federal Highway Administration 还有处理车道关闭的安全方法. 拉链合并 is when drivers use both lanes of traffic until they reach the defined merge area and then alternate into the open lane in a zipper fashion. A zipper merge reduces unexpected and dangerous lane switching as well as traffic backup.
