One of the biggest problems with city streets is the amount of traffic on them.
You will 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. |
| • | Larger vehicles cannot be driven everywhere smaller ones can. There are
low underpasses, truck routes and other special situations. Usually these are well
marked, so be sure to watch for the signs. |
| • | Try to use the freeways that rim and crisscross most large cities. You
will save time and energy. See
Freeway Driving
. |
| • | Treat a green light as a warning signal. A traffic 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. |
