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Do
not get too close to the vehicle you want to pass
while you're awaiting an opportunity. For one thing,
following
too
closely reduces your area of vision,
especially if you're following a larger vehicle.
Also, you won't have adequate space if the vehicle
ahead suddenly slows or stops. Keep back a
reasonable distance.
When it looks like a chance
to
pass is coming up,
start to accelerate but stay in the right lane and
don't get too close. Time your move
so
you will be
increasing speed as the time comes to move into the
other lane. If
the
way
is clear to
pass, you will
have
a "running start" that more than makes up for the
distance you would lose by dropping back. And if
something happens
to
cause you to cancel your pass,
you need only slow down and drop back again and
wait for another opportunity.
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If other cars are lined up to pass
a slow
vehicle,
wait
your turn. But take care that someone isn't trying to
pass you as you pull out to pass the slow vehicle.
Remember to glance over your shoulder and check
the blind spot.
Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder and
start your left lane change signal before moving out
of the right lane to pass. When you are far enough
ahead of the passed vehicle to see its front in your
inside mirror, activate your right lane change signal
and move back
into
the right lane. (Remember that
your
right outside mirror
is
convex. The vehicle you
just passed may seem to be farther away from you
than it really is.)
Try not to pass more than one vehicle at a time on
two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the
next vehicle.
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Don't overtake a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly.
Even though the brake lamps are not flashing, it
may
be
slowing down or starting
to turn.
If you're being passed, make
it easy
for the
following driver to get ahead of you. Perhaps you
can ease
a
little to the right.
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