与农用车辆共用道路
Driving in rural areas requires keeping alert for tractors 和 other farm 车辆s.
Driving on rural roads may leave a driver with feeling safe 和 relaxed but their perceptions may be unfounded. Many factors make country roads risky. 这是一个大问题? Drivers' inexperience sharing the road with large farm 车辆s.
How to safely drive around farm 车辆s
- 防御性驾驶, especially during planting 和 harvest seasons. Recognizing that you're in an agricultural environment 和 being alert will help you avoid dangerous situations as much as possible.
- 慢下来. Farm 车辆s often travel at slow speeds. To reduce the risk of a collision, begin braking when you see the 慢行车辆标志. Also stay a safe distance back — around 50 feet.
- 通过仔细. Take the st和ard precautions: Wait for a safe passing zone, 注意迎面而来的车辆, signal 和 return to the lane once the 车辆 is in your rearview mirror. If the 车辆 is extra-wide, wait to pass until the driver pulls over 和 signals that it's safe. Honk your horn beforeh和 in case the driver can't see you.
- 收益率. Give a wide farm 车辆 the right-of-way when it's traveling the opposite direction. Farm 车辆s can't always pull over to the road's shoulder safely. If possible, pull onto the shoulder or into a turn-out to allow the farm 车辆 to pass.
- 要有耐心. A driver may appear to be pulling to the right to let you pass when he or she is actually making a wide left-h和 turn. Before speeding past, look for driveways, roads or fields w在这里 the 车辆 might be entering. Also check for h和 gestures or lights signaling the driver's intention to turn. 了解基本知识. 遵循限速和 系好安全带 is just as important in the country as it is on city streets
- 再看一眼. Before you pull into an intersection or make a move to pass, be sure your path is clear in all directions. Tall crops can create "blind"corners, 和 farm 车辆s could enter the roadway from unmarked access drives on the fields.
- 遵守规则. 在一般情况下, farm 车辆 operators must follow the same rules of the road as car drivers when they are on the road. Farm 车辆s will have the right of way in a situation if a car would have had the right of way.
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