| When you get in a vehicle to drive, it is usually for | | | | all that is necessary to keep you from an |
| one of two reasons: to go somewhere or drive | | | | accident.8. While we discuss changing or merging |
| around leisurely. In either case, it is assumed you | | | | into other lanes of traffic: merge with the speed |
| want to reach your destination without being | | | | of traffic. Merging not only affects you and the |
| involved in an accident. The following are ten tips | | | | vehicle you are getting in front of, but this action |
| for safer driving will increase your chances of | | | | also has ramifications on the vehicles behind the |
| reaching your destination without your | | | | other vehicle. Here is an example: when you are |
| involvement in an accident. For the most part | | | | going up a ramp to merge onto the interstate, do |
| these tips are common sense.1. If the weather | | | | not wait until the end of the ramp to 'floor' your |
| outside is frightful, stay at home, stay at home | | | | gas pedal to go 55, 65, or 70 miles per hour. |
| and finally stay at home! Adverse weather | | | | Chances are your vehicle cannot go from 35 to |
| conditions increase your odds of being involved in | | | | 55 mph at the snap of your fingers.Without |
| an accident. Is your trip necessary? Can it wait | | | | speeding up on the ramp you are endangering the |
| until the conditions get better?2. If you do have | | | | vehicles on the interstate. Also, you have put the |
| to drive in the bad weather conditions, pay | | | | vehicles behind your vehicle on the ramp in a very |
| attention to the surface on which are driving? Are | | | | precarious position - they now must merge like |
| the roads snowy or icy? Are they wet? Is there | | | | you decided to merge. You need to start to |
| oil on the road? If so, are the water and oil | | | | accelerate by pushing on your gas pedal at the |
| creating slick roads? Are you driving on a muddy | | | | beginning of the ramp. That way you will be going |
| road?3. When the driving conditions are not | | | | the speed of traffic at the end of the ramp. At |
| favorable, avoid going to fast. Whether sight is | | | | that point, it will be easier to speed up or slow |
| limited due to fog or the roads have become | | | | down to get into traffic.By gradually speeding on |
| slick, allow yourself enough time to stop. | | | | the ramp to the get the proper speed by the end |
| Increasing your stopping distance will give you | | | | of the ramp you now do not compromise the |
| time to react better to a bad situation.4. Speaking | | | | safety of the others who need to use the ramp. |
| of stopping, whether you are in good or bad | | | | And, if you are behind another vehicle who is |
| weather conditions, always leave one car length | | | | going to use an on-ramp, give the other vehicle a |
| to the car in front of you. That way, if your | | | | chance to gain some speed before you get on |
| vehicle is hit from behind, you will have enough | | | | the on-ramp. It will also be easier to merge if you |
| time to steer away from the vehicle in front of | | | | are not right up against the back bumper of the |
| you (assuming you are hit hard enough to reach | | | | car in front of you on the ramp.9. Now if you |
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| way. And cell phones have a place. They should | | | | accidents. I hope the previous ten tips helped you |
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