LANE SELECTION

Explication

Planning your trip as you drive is chiefly about looking out for guide signs and early changing to the correct lane in preparation for a turn.

IN GENERAL

See lanes even in an unmarked road.
Where possible, maintain 1 metre safety margin from parked vehicles when passing.

See lanes where the road is wide enough for two lines of traffic but there are no lane dividers marked on the road (synonym for unmarked lanes is “lines of traffic”):

when you move close to the left side of the road – you are in the leftmost lane (or 1st lane);

when you move close to the centre of the road – you are in the rightmost lane.

Despite no dividing lines, you should use turn signal to change lanes in the same safe manner as described in CHANGING LANES section.

“Safety margin” is the clearance between sides of your car and alongside vehicles or stationary objects; 120 cm is recommended (that’s approximately 1.5 length of your arm) to reduce the danger of sideswiping.

(Ref.#9 p.21, Unit3: Task 15, p.65, and Unit4: Task: 23, p.73).

Photo: Lanes – An unmarked two-way road with 2 lanes in each direction

Photo: Lanes - An unmarked two-way road of 3 lanes