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Before a long trip, you should get adequate sleep and schedule proper breaks (every 100 miles or 2 hours). Avoid alcohol and sedating medications. It is a good idea to arrange for a travel companion (someone to talk with and share the driving). Try not to drive late at night between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m.

While Driving, you should watch for the warning signs of fatigue. If you are tired, stop driving. Drink caffeine and take a short nap.

Reverse turn (right and left turns coming). This sign tells you that you must turn right, then left. The reverse turn sign marks two turns in opposite directions that are less than 600 feet apart.

Keep Left. This sign tells you where to drive when you approach traffic islands, medians, or other obstructions in the middle of the roadway. You must drive to the side indicated by the arrow.

Always slow down before you enter the curve, so you do not have to brake in the curve. You may not know what is on the other side of a hill or just around a curve, even if you have driven the road many times. If a vehicle is stalled on the road just over a hill or around a curve, you must be able to stop. Whenever you come to a hill or curve where you cannot see over or around, adjust your speed so you can stop if necessary.

When you see or hear an emergency vehicle approaching from any direction you must pull over to the right edge of the road, or as near to the right as possible, and stop your vehicle. You must remain stopped until the emergency vehicle has passed, unless otherwise directed by a state or local police officer or a firefighter.

The learner’s permit allows you to drive a vehicle only while supervised.

Remember, for the entire time you hold a learner’s permit, you may not have any passengers except for a parent, legal guardian, or qualified instructor.

Black and white signs are generally regulatory signs and must be obeyed. Other black and white signs are used as route markers.

Red traffic lights mean stop. You must wait until the traffic light turns green and there is no crossing traffic before you may move ahead. If you are turning right on red, you may turn after coming to a full stop and checking to make sure that there is no oncoming traffic and no sign prohibiting the turn on a red light. Watch out for pedestrians crossing in front of your vehicle.

In Connecticut, all left turns against a red light are not permitted.

A bicycle sharrow, two chevrons painted above a bicycle symbol on the road, indicates the lane is shared. Vehicle or bicycle traffic may be in the lane. Although you should always keep on the lookout for bicyclists, this serves as an additional warning to watch for bicycles in the lane.

Shared Lane Markings are not the same as the bicycle symbols that are used to mark bicycle lanes.

Motorcycles can stop quickly and following too closely endangers your life and that of the motorcyclist. You may distract the motorcyclist and if the motorcyclist makes a mistake you will not have enough time or space to avoid a crash.

You must yield to traffic already on the highway.

Remember that the highway traffic has the right-of-way. Most entrance ramps have a yield sign to remind you of that.

This sign warns of conditions that can cause you to lose control of your car. The pavement on bridges can be icy even when other part of the road is not. This is because bridges do not have earth underneath them to help insulate them against the cold and thus can be colder and icier than other roadways.

Remain stopped until the gates are raised and the lights stop flashing. Never attempt to drive around the lowered gate.

Malfunctioning warning devices should be reported. Look for emergency notification signs or contact local police.

Motor vehicle crashes are the #1 cause of death for 15- to 19-year-old teenagers. Most teen crashes occur during the first two years of having their license. The first six months are the most dangerous for the newly licensed teen.

Headed either uphill or downhill and there is no curb, turn the wheels to the right so the car will roll away from the center of the road if the brakes fail.

Remember, when you park on a hill, the general rule is to turn your wheels sharply toward the side of the road or curb. This way, if your vehicle starts to roll downhill, it will roll away from traffic. However, when headed uphill at a curb, you should turn the front wheels in the opposite direction, away from the curb and towards the road. Then, let your vehicle roll backwards until the back of your front wheel touches the curb. The curb will stop your car from rolling into traffic.

You must comply with speed limits. They are based on the design of the road and the types of vehicles that use them. They consider things you cannot see, such as side roads and driveways where people may pull out suddenly and the amount of traffic on that road.

A yield sign is a downward pointing triangle. It is red and white with red letters. It means you must slow down to a speed reasonable for the conditions and yield the right-of-way. Stop if necessary.

Alcohol is the most important cause of fatal car accidents. Alcohol is involved in more than 40 percent of the traffic crashes in which someone is killed.

If a vehicle comes toward you with high beams on, make sure you have dimmed your lights. Do not try to get back at other drivers by keeping your bright lights on. If you do, both of you may be blinded. If the driver fails to dim the lights, look toward the right side of the road. This will keep you from being blinded.

When your vehicle’s high beam headlights are on, you must dim or lower the beam when an oncoming vehicle is within 500 feet, which is about one block.

The law says who must yield the right-of-way. It does not give anyone the right-of-way. You must do everything you can to prevent striking a pedestrian or another vehicle, regardless of the circumstances.

As a motorist, you should know that a bicyclist has the same rights, privileges, and responsibilities as you. You should expect to see bicyclists on the road, driving with traffic. You should not be surprised to see a bicyclist using the left lane when turning. Additionally, when a lane is too narrow for cars and bikes to drive side-by-side, the bicyclist will take the travel lane, which means driving in or near the center of the lane.

This sign warns that there is a flag person ahead. Always follow their directions. Flaggers normally wear orange or yellow vests, yellow-green shirts, or jackets. They use stop/slow paddles and red flags to direct traffic through the work zone and to let workers or construction vehicles cross the road.

Once every month, or before you embark upon a long road trip, check your tires for wear and damage problems. One easy way to check for wear is by using the penny test. Select a point on your tire where the tread appears to be lowest and place Lincoln’s head into one of the grooves. If any part of Lincoln’s head is covered by the tread, you are driving with the safe amount of tread. If your tread gets below that, your car’s ability to grip the road in adverse conditions is greatly reduced.

State law requires children under 16 to be secured in proper child restraint and safety systems while riding in a vehicle. Under state law, rear seat adult (16 years and older) passengers are not required to wear a seat belt