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Transportation of travellers by private or privately-hired road vehicle. Where the driver is not travelling (but rather working, eg not ‘self-drive’) consider the [taxis] tag instead. Is not applicable to questions about routine commuting or other journeys of a regular nature nor questions better suited to a general motoring site. Also, if you have a question about traffic laws, please consider posting it on Law Stack Exchange.
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US Driving - pulling onto a busy highway using on/off ramp
If you are moving at the flow of traffic trying to merge, you are doing your part.
The other guy was stuck in traffic going the same 10mph. He was hoping the weave lane would be wide open so he co …
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Who has the right of way in a 4-stop sign "intersection" that isn't labelled as "all way"?
You yield to the person on your right.
If it's busy enough for everyone to arrive at the same time, somebody has probably just gone. That is the spark plug/tiebreaker. Whoever had that person most i …
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Is there a way for an individual to drive on a busy interstate that creates a better drive f...
As you get better at driving, and as for a certain gender testosterone poisoning fades with age, you start seeing ways to be helpful.
To start with, the zipper merge, or 2 lanes narrowing to 1. …
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Why prohibit engine braking?
Completely different thing! They are referring to the "Jake Brake" in heavy trucks, where the trucker opens a portal to the depths of Hades and you hear a very loud
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Do we need special permissions to drive from state to state in the United States?
Don't be the one guy driving in the left.
Traffic signals can be sequenced in unexpected ways. Sometimes opposite direction traffic goes at once, other times in sequence. …
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Concerns with long-distance driving
There are two parts to the additional stress. First, running at real speed, i.e. 70-80 mph. . Second, sustained high power operation. Doing both for the first time will expose existing flaws in th …
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Traffic light fails to give a green to one's movement even after several cycles -- what can ...
Change your route
A top mistake that causes dangerous maneuvers is when a driver absolutely refuses to change his route to adapt to conditions. “Oh my God, I must make this corner/ramp or I will DIE …
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Driving test in New Zealand?
Driving isn't book knowledge. Driving is about experience. Don't attempt to drive in a foreign country until you've racked up years of daily experience driving at home. … And you shouldn't circumvent that by ticking away the months with little actual driving in that time. Buy a cheap old car. …
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Left/right right of turn on an intersection in USA
Having learn how to drive in Europe I find intersection particularly tricky in NY state in USA.
NY City is particularly tricky, and they get exceptions from national model laws. For instance, "ri …
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Which left turn light do I follow in this California intersection?
They are the same. Obey the non-broken one.
The bulbs are hard-wired in parallel and are driven off the same controller ports. The controller doesn't even know there are 2 signal heads. (Maybe).
As i …
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Caught speeding 111 Mph (179 km/h) in California. How can I settle the case with the court?
The "speeding in excess of 100mph" charge, CVC 22348(b), is a civil infraction. We do not issue arrest warrants for those. However, failure to appear (CVC 40508) is a crime, and this charge will bec …
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Is it legal to exceed the Advisory Speed Limit?
If you drive a speed below the speed limit and even below the advisory speed, and yet still have an accident related to speed, you will probably be guilty of "careless driving" in the form of "too fast … Or night driving signs which are standard black/white inverted (rather clever UI really). …
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Am I supposed to respect traffic signs that are upside down (in the USA)?
Failure to yield to pedestrians (a pedestrian tries to step out, and you are driving too fast to bring your car to an orderly stop when they do). … Driving too fast for conditions (e.g. if conditions are ripe for the above to happen because people are milling around or heading toward the crossing). …
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Which is flatter for a trip from Los Angeles to Kansas in August, I70 or I40?
(Although, one part of "dull" that's "deadly" is drowsy driving. Utah is really big into warning people about that, but then, Utah has a freeway across the salt flats.) … Your car will generally get much better fuel economy going 55 mph (90 km/h) on the freeway than it will driving around town. …
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Who has right-of-way at this stop sign; left-turner who arrived first, or non-turner who arr...
Generally, unless a jurisdiction overrides this, the person going straight has the right-of-way (or to be more precise, the person turning left must yield it).
"Sequence of arrival" doesn’t have muc …