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THINK * PAIR * SHARE. Chapter 11 Driving on Expressways. Expressways. Controlled-access highways Vehicles can enter and leave only at interchanges Also include Freeways Turnpikes Toll roads. Advantages of Expressways. Fewer car crashes No cross traffic
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THINK * PAIR * SHARE Chapter 11 Driving on Expressways
Expressways • Controlled-access highways • Vehicles can enter and leave only at interchanges • Also include • Freeways • Turnpikes • Toll roads
Advantages of Expressways • Fewer car crashes • No cross traffic • Median or barrier in the middle • No pedestrians and slow vehicles allowed • Signs telling people what’s ahead • Wide shoulders
Interchanges • A series of exit and entrance ramps onto the expressway Complete the chart on page 3 in the packet.
Cloverleaf Interchange • Allows driver to go in either direction on the highway
Diamond Interchanges • Left turns can be made with ease onto the side road • Not a lot of traffic on the side road
Trumpet Interchange • Used when a side road forms a T with the expressway
All-Directional Interchange • Used in complicated and busy interchanges • They allow vehicles to go in many directions
How to drive safe on the expressway • Prepare yourself and your car • Slowly build expressway experience • Concentrate on driving • Cooperate with other drivers and construction crews
Entering the expressway Complete the bottom half of page 4 in the packet using page 225 in the book.
Lane Choice • Right • Slow lane • Many exit and entrance ramps to stress about • Middle • for passing and faster traffic • Left • for high speed traffic and passing • Most stressful lane because of aggressive drivers
Speed Limits • Minimum speed limit - • Sign posted telling drivers the slowest that they can go • Common Speed – 75%-80% of drivers • The speed that most vehicles are traveling at • Often above the speed limit
Wolf Packs • A bunch of vehicles clumped together • Reduce your chances of being in a conflict by AVOIDING WOLF PACKS. • Be the “loner” car Draw and label a picture of a wolf pack and a “loner car” See page 231 in drive right book
Changing Lanes on the Expressway Complete the table on page 6 of you packet (page 233 in drive right book)
Exiting the expressway • Two main parts • Deceleration lane • Slow your vehicle • Exiting ramp • Ramp leading off of the expressway • Yellow speed limit sign • Suggested speed to handle curve of ramp
Special Expressway Problems • Highway hypnosis • Falling asleep • Disabled vehicles • Tollbooths
Emergencies on the Road Project • Will be done in groups • See page 8 in packet
TEST TOMORROW on chapter 11 and 13, can use packet and packet is due after the test