Car lane change rules

Every motorist, both beginner and experienced, uses different maneuvers when driving on highways and changing lanes.

Driving in urban conditions very often forces drivers to change lanes to overtake, or to bypass objects that act as obstacles. But you should know that when changing lanes, you should follow the rules in order to avoid the occurrence of an accident.

What do you need to know about a lane change?

The very concept of changing lanes means moving a vehicle to an adjacent lane.

This maneuvering is the beginning for many others, such as overtaking, detour, turning, turning. Although in practice it happens that the movement along the next lane is carried out only because the road surface is better there.

There are certain rules for rebuilding prescribed in the traffic rules:

• when you intend to make a lane change from your lane, then, first of all, you need to skip all vehicles, the lane of which remains unchanged;
• when rebuilding several cars at once, you will have to give way only to those vehicles that will be on the right;
• before starting your maneuver, turn signals must be turned on without fail.

Many motorists often make the following incorrect actions when intending to move to another lane:

1. Changing your trajectory too close to another vehicle. In this situation, it is difficult to avoid a collision without resorting to hard braking. To prevent this from happening, you always need to leave a safe distance, both for yourself and for other cars.
2. Its movement changes due to the obstacle that has arisen. To avoid trouble, you need to turn on the turn signal and wait until it is safe to continue driving. Although in practice, as a rule, everyone tries to get out of the place where traffic is difficult, thereby breaking the rules.
3. Drivers often ignore the blind spot. And subsequently, this is what becomes the cause of the accident. It is better to make sure once again that the vehicle was noticed, and only then continue your maneuver.

In the traffic rules, rebuilding is allowed when the following conditions are met:

1. When you are going to change lanes to the right or left side, you need to start by giving a signal from the turn signal. Otherwise, other vehicles will simply not be informed of your intention, and then a traffic accident may occur.
2. It is necessary to view the road using the mirrors so that when driving other road users do not have to use hard braking to prevent an accident.
3. When preparing to rebuild, it is necessary to adjust the speed to the adjacent car stream, calculate the cutoff angle and the required distance.
4. In the case when, unexpectedly for you, a hole appeared on the way, then the trajectory of your movement should not be drastically changed. Since other motorists may not be ready for such a maneuver.
5. When a maneuver is made, all actions should be smooth and well balanced. You need to control not only your car, but also try to predict the actions of cars nearby.

There are general rules that motorists adhere to:

• if the car does not change lanes, then it should not give way;
• when the vehicle rebuilds to the right, then all other participants must give way;
• when moving to the left, only those cars that are rebuilt at the same time should be allowed through.

It is these actions that will help you not to break the rules and protect yourself and your vehicle.

When do accidents occur most often when changing lanes?

On busy highways, such a maneuver as changing lanes is quite dangerous. Since it can lead to unpleasant traffic accidents.

It is worth noting the main points in which it is quite simple to become a participant in an accident:

1. At the beginning of the lane change, the driver of another vehicle began to perform the same maneuver. If you followed all the rules. This may be due to his carelessness.
2. You should never overestimate other road users. Because some of them may simply not know the rules, and this, in turn, will entail unforeseen consequences. It is better to waste a few minutes and wait, rather than later, to waste much more time clarifying the circumstances of the accident.
3. Attention while driving cannot be focused only in one direction. If you look at the mirrors, you need to control the situation in front of the car with one eye, since the cars in front can brake sharply. It takes time to react. For this, a safe distance is always required.
4. It is always worth remembering about such road users as scooters. They pose the greatest danger on the road, as they are less noticeable when changing lanes, and develop fairly high speeds.

Observing all traffic rules and not resorting to unnecessary haste on the roads, it will be easier to avoid accidents. But, in any case, even if it gets into an accident, however, it will be on the side of the driver, who moved without violations. And then all the material damage will fall on the shoulders of the perpetrator of the incident.