City
Driving
One of the biggest problems with city streets is the
amount of traffic on them. You’ll want to watch out for
what the other drivers are doing and pay attention to
traffic signals.
Here are ways to increase your safety in city driving:
Know the best way to get to where you are
going. Get a city map and plan your trip into an
unknown part
of
the city just
as
you would for a
cross-country trip.
Try
to use the freeways that rim and crisscross most
large cities. You’ll save time and energy. (See the
next part, “Freeway Driving.”)
light is there because the corner
is
busy enough to
need it. When a light turns green, and just before you
start to move, check both ways
for
vehicles that have
not cleared the intersection or may be running
the
red light.
Treat a green light as
a
warning signal.
A
traffic