Passing Other Cars

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Use these tips for passing other cars:

• Before deciding to pass a car, ask yourself if it is necessary, legal and safe.
• Look ahead and make sure there is plenty of room to pass.
• Check your mirrors and blind spot.
• Turn on your turn signal — in the direction you are going to pass.
• Increase your speed to at least 10 mph faster than the car you are passing. But stay within the legal speed limit.
• Move smoothly into the passing lane.
• Change your turn signal to the opposite direction.
• Check your blind spot.
• Return to the driving lane when you can see the headlights of the car you passed in your rearview mirror.
• Turn off your signal and resume a safe and legal speed.
• Check your rearview mirror.