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Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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Oncoming traffic and keeping right

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Keep as right as possible and safely as possible

  • Move to right on narrow road with oncoming traffic
    • If oncoming can’t swerve, you do so and move as far over as possible

-If swerve on verge, be sure you can drive on it

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Narrowing roads and oncoming traffic

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Traffic signs F5-F6 will indicate who has the right of way

  • White or black arrow means oncoming vehicles must stop
  • Move over when approaching pedestrians
  • Lorries and buses go first if there is no sign
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Obstacles and oncoming traffic

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you let oncoming traffic go first if there is an obstacle in front of you, unless both can pass

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4
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One way road

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  • One direction
  • Do not generally apply to cyclists/moped drivers
  • May not reverse in one way streets (unless parking)
  • May not turn around
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5
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Mopeds on roadways

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If see signs with G11 or G12b on paths, you know mopeds will be on roadways

-Stay behind if not safe to overtake mopeds

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6
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Risks of mopeds/cyclists on road

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  • sometimes will drive side by side on road
  • cyclists do not always pay attention to rules of the road
  • mopeds are not allowed to overtake you on the right, but they often do
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7
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Those allowed on bicycle lanes

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-cyclists, motor assisted bicycles

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Bicycle lane with solid line

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Drivers may not drive into lane, or to use as a right turn lane

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Bicycle lane with broken line

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Drivers may use the lane as right-turn lane if improves the flow of traffic and doesn’t impede on people in cyclist lane

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10
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Dual carriageways is…

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A road divided into 2 carriageways by central reserve, row of tree etc..

  • Signs will tell you where you must travel and some times will tell you where you can’t go.
  • If no signs, keep right
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If dual carriageway road has 3 or more lanes

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vehicles without engines, cyclists and riders of motor assisted bicycles and motor vehicles that don’t go faster than 25 km/h use the further right lane

usually this is a service road and is used by slow traffic - they aren’t allowed to use center lane - indicated by signs C8 or C9

-Other traffic can go on both right and center lanes, if can access a service road from two directions, will see C5 sign (two arrows going different ways)

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Driving on a single carriageway road

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Move as far to the right as possible especially when there is oncoming traffic
-May lose control if go on verge, so be careful if overtaking

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13
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Risks on single carriageway roads

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  • Blocking trees of side roads
  • trees blocking bends
  • little chance to move out of way
  • you have little time to see ppl coming onto the road
  • If trees make tunnel - adjust speed and use dipped headlights
  • Wet leaves increase chance of skidding
  • in winter, roads will remain wet for longer because of shade
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If sunny on single carriageway with trees

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  • Drivers have difficulty seeing because of flashing light
  • harder to estimate distances
  • it is more difficult for others to see you
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15
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In rural areas on single carriageway pay attention to

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  • bus agricultural traffic
  • dirty roads
  • cyclists
  • horse riders
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16
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Bends - General

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-signs generally indicate sharp bends

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17
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Judge the bend

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  • Select gear for bend in time and adjust speed
  • anticipate bend and width of roadway
  • lines on road help with this anticipation
  • be sure to look for oncoming traffic and those in front and behind you who may be driving slower
  • Control speed and taking into account limitations of car
18
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Spiral bend

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Adjust speed and gear and keep right and you can judge sharpness of bend and whether you can safely overtake traffic ahead of you

-some bends are difficult because of spiral effect. Increasing turn and getting spiral effect may be reduced if adjust speed in time and select right gear

19
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Dike roads: Unpleasant features

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  • winding and more complex than predicted to be
  • rising entries and exits
  • no or poor road lining
  • poor on contaminated road surface
  • narrow lanes
  • slanting verges
  • special banking
20
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Traffic restrictions on dike roads

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restricts drivers from:

  • overtaking other vehicles easily
  • often those coming up and onto road have restricted view
  • predicting way/direction
  • escape option (low)
21
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Driving in mountains

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  • Avoid too high a gear
  • Try to stay in same gear going down as up (brake little)
  • Anticipate course
  • adjust speed when descending
  • be aware of road condition
  • ascending has precedence over descending
  • overtake with great caution
  • weather conditions - rain causes lots of water and mud
  • fog will make visibility hard and might force you to stop/slow down
22
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Trunk road driving

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  • consists of single carriageway and oncoming traffic (but also have separate laned trunk roads)
  • Indicated by signs saying ‘AUTOWEG’
23
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Difference between trunk road from motorway

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Trunk roads:

  1. oncoming traffic on same road
  2. level-road junctions
  3. generally has short acceleration lanes and no hard shoulder
  4. May only be allowed to travel on if in motor vehicles that are able to drive at least 50km/h (agricultural vehicles and microcars are not allowed)

Max speed is 100km/h

24
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Motorways

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  • Always have separate carriageways
  • hard shoulders
  • division of two or more lanes
  • specially signposted motorways
  • If more than 3 lanes often have hard shoulder on left of carriageway

May only be used by vehicles that are able and allowed to travel at least 60km/h

25
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Max speed limit of motorways

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  • 130km/h for cars and motorcycles

- Motorways indicated by G1

26
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Lower max speed limit

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  • Often is indicated by road signs
  • Will have hectometer signs indicating it
  • 3 or more laned motorways will have signs indicating limit on left of road
27
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Prohibitions on trunk and motorways

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  • reverse
  • u-turn
  • stop on carriageway
  • drive, walk or stop vehicles (unless emergency) on hard shoulder or emerg parking area in verge
  • pedestrians may not use hard shoulder, emergency parking area or the verge except in emergency
  • for lorries and vehicles with trailers with length of 7 meters to use 3rd and subsequent lanes
28
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Which lane to use…

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When available, use right hand lane as much as possible
-May only use center lane if traffic that you may overtake is in right lane, or if intend to go in left lane

  • bad habit to stay in center
  • do not needlessly drive on left side either
  • Allow merging traffic in or more over
29
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Using rush hour lane

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  • When motorways are busy, this lane often opens
  • Originally hard shoulders that are converted to be used as a lane
  • Matrix indicates if it can/can’t be used (sometimes regulated by signs)
30
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Road works

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  • often indicated 2 km ahead
  • reduce speed in time (don’t overtake in last km and allow others to join lane safely)
  • Be prepared for sudden braking, closeby road workers, suddenly crossing workers, congestion and construction traffic
31
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Temporary lines

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  • yellow
  • usually narrower roads than white lines
  • drive with your left wheel close to or on the line to avoid going off the road - lack of hard shoulder makes it slightly more dangerous
32
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Informative signs examples

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informative signs, advance direction signs, lane changing signs, diversion signs and direction signs

33
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When reading direction signs

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May lead to dangerous situations as you’re paying attention to traffic and signs

Better to write down in advance the #s of motorways you need to travel on

34
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Motorway branching

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Indicated by green and white sign

-Roads on left and right are motorways

35
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Map reading

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Before leave and parked

36
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Right-turn and left turn lanes on road surface

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Lanes are usually indicated on road and on motorways, information signs are shown with arrows over the road

37
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Schematic Junctions

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-advances direction signs to say what approaching & where to go to follow certain direction (roundabouts are indicated in this way)

38
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Kinds of roads

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3 kinds:

  • N-roads
  • A-roads
  • E-roads
39
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N-Roads

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Arterial roads that are non-motorways

-# on yellow background

40
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A-Roads

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Motorways in Netherlands

  • # on red background
  • A-roads are often also E-roads
41
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E-roads

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Usually european motorways

  • trunk roads and other through roads may also be E-roads
  • Agreed on internationally
  • # on green background

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