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Urban Traffic
• Traffic is more dense• City traffic hazards are
closer• Use IPDE Process
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Following others
• 3-4 second rule• Pick fixed object and count
to see if your spacing is enough
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Sudden stops
• Watch for areas of sudden stops– Buses– intersections,– Business drives– Parked cars
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Tailgater
• If being tailgated– Increase following distance– Move slightly to right ( car
can see around you)– Signal early, tap brakes
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Oncoming traffic
• Reasons for crossing center line:– Driver impairment– Poor judgment– Poor visibility– Reduced space– Sudden moves by others– Vehicle failure– Turning buses and trucks– Double parked vehicles
• Avoid conflict– Slow– Turn on or flash lights/horn– Move to right zone
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Managing urban traffic
• Look at least 1 block ahead• Predict lights
– Never speed up to make a light
• Covering brake– Foot off accel and hold over
brake– DO not Ride the brake
• Brakes will heat up and wear faster
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Driving with traffic
• Blend with traffic– Drive with the flow– Within speed limit– Adjust speed and position early
• Lane selection– Left is faster
• Passing– Signal– Head check– Change with out slowing– Illegal to pass in intersections
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Special Traffic lanes
• Express lanes- City driving allows for traffic to flow in one direction with minimum exit and entrance ramps
• Tolls- For I-pass users with a transponder for tolls
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One way streets
• Fewer conflicts• Avoid lanes next to parked
cars• May make left turns on to
one way streets
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One way
• Wrong way drivers:– Slow, steer right, sound horn,
flash headlights
• Parked cars:– Alert of doors, cars leaving a
parking spot– Alert for pedestrians