Buick RIVIERA 1993 Manual page 172

'Freeway Driving Entering the Freeway
the entering lane and time your approach. Try lo
merge
into the gap at close to the prevailing speed. Switch on
your turn signal, check your rearview mirrors as you
move along, and glance over your shoulder as often as
necessary.
T r y
to blend smoothly with the traffic flow.
Driving on the Freeway
Once.you are on the freeway, adjust your speed to the
posted limit or to the prevailing rate if it& slower. Stay
in the right lane unless you want to pass. If you are on a
two-lane freeway, treat the right lane as the slow lane
and the left lane as the passing lane.
If you are on a three-lane freeway, treat the right lane as
the slower-speed through lane, the middle lane as the
higher-speed through lane, and the left fane as the
passing lane.
Before changing lanes, check your rearview mirrors.
Then use your
turn
signal.
Mile for mile, freeways (also called thruways,
parkways, expressways, turnpikes, or superhighways)
are the safest of all roads. But they have their own
special rules.
The most important advice on freeway driving is: Keep
up with traffic and keep to the right. Drive at the same
speed most of the other drivers are driving. Too-fast 'or
too-slow driving breaks a smooth traffic flow. Treat the
left lane on a freeway as a passing lane.
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