Section 3
(Day 6)
Basic Maneuvering Tasks: Low ,
Moderate & Complex Risk Driving Environments
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4. No Excuses why you didn’t take Quizzes 1-6
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5.
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Day 6 Objectives
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The students will understand different characteristics of
multiple lane roadways
The students will be able to identify and define the names
and meanings of roadways
The students will be able to identify and define the 4
types of interchanges
The students will recognize and understand the function
of common expressway signs
Related SOL: DE.4, DE.5, DE.6, DE.7, and DE.12
Names and Meanings of Roadways
 Highway-main
public roadway that runs
from city to city
 Expressway- high speed divided highway
 Freeway-(superhighway) has no tolls
Names and Meanings of Roadways
 Turnpike-
Usually an expressway that
requires toll to be paid (also a tollway)
 Beltway- highway that goes around a city
 Junctions- Where two roadways meet or
intersect.
Characteristics of an Expressway
Exit Ramp
Access Ramp
Deceleration Lane
Acceleration Lane
Merging
Expressways
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High speed roadways
(up to 70 mph) that
carry a high volume of
traffic
 Usually divided by a
barrier of some type
• Guardrail, cement, grassy
median
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Multiple lanes going in
the same direction
Expressways
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Controlled-access at
interchanges
• There are only certain
areas where a driver can
enter
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Low frequency of
collisions
– When accidents do
occur the severity rate is
increased because of
the speeds involved
Types of
Interchanges
Cloverleaf Interchange
A cloverleaf interchange has a series
of entrance and exit ramps that resemble
the outline of a four leaf clover.
This design
allows for the interchange of two
expressways or major roadways.
has shared entrance and exit
weave lanes.
Traffic is permitted to move ONLY in
the direction indicated by the arrows.
Cloverleaf Interchange
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Curved
roadways have
banked and flat
exits, which lead
to braking and
steering
problems as
drivers adjust
from high speed
to the speed of
the exit curve.
Diamond Interchange
A diamond interchange is designed
to be used when a road with slower
speeds crosses a busy expressway.
This design allows:
for the interchange of a major
roadway with a secondary dual or
multiple lane roadway.
Traffic is permitted to move ONLY in
the direction indicated by the arrows.
Diamond Interchange
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May have traffic
control devices
which allows for
a left or right turn
onto the
secondary
roadway.
 Allows the driver
to re-enter the
entrance by
moving across
the intersection
of the secondary
roadway
Trumpet Interchange
A trumpet interchange is used when an
intersecting side road forms a T intersection
with the expressway.
This design:
accommodates the T-intersection flow of
traffic at the junction of two roadways.
allows for traffic on a secondary two-way
street to merge onto a multiple lane
roadway.
Traffic is permitted to move ONLY in
the direction indicated by the arrows.
Frontage Interchange
Frontage Road Interchanges allow vehicles
using parallel secondary two-way or one-way
roadways to merge onto a major multiple lane
roadway.
This design allows:
drivers to exit a multiple lane roadway and
use the parallel frontage road.
secondary road traffic flows to mix efficiently
with higher speed traffic flows on the multiple
lane roadway.
Traffic is permitted to move ONLY in
the direction indicated by the arrows.
Common
Expressway Signs
Common Expressway Signs
A major contributor to your
decision as to how you will maintain
a safe path of travel, proper lane
position, and your lane choice, is
based on the information provided
by the road signs and lane
markings.
Interstate Signs
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The “Interstate Sign” is shaped like
a shield and is red, white and blue
in color.
Expressway Numbering
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North/South highways have odd
numbers
 Higher the number, more
East…Lower the number, more
West
Expressway Numbering
East/West have even
numbers
 Higher the number, more
North…Lower the number,
more South
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Expressway Numbering
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Most routes are one and two digit
Expressway Numbering
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Alternate routes are usually three digit.
Expressway Numbering
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First digit is even the alternate route goes
around the city, odd leads into the city
Washington DC
Common Expressway Signals
Lane Signals
Reversible
lane signals
A GREEN arrow over a lane — the
lane is open for travel.
A RED “X” over a lane —
travel in that lane is closed or
prohibited.
A YELLOW “X” over a lane
— travel in that lane is about
to change or close.
Expressway Lane Markings
Solid YELLOW line
marks the left edge of the
roadway.
should always be on the driver’s
left side.
Traffic Flow
Expressway Lane Markings
Solid WHITE line
marks the right edge of the
roadway, or entrance and exit
lanes.
Traffic Flow
Expressway Lane Markings
Broken WHITE line
separates lanes of traffic
going in the same direction.
Traffic Flow
Expressway Lane Markings
HOV lanes
(high occupancy vehicle)
are marked with a white diamond.
require a minimum number of
passengers in the vehicle.
Speed Limits
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70 mph is the maximum speed on
expressways in Virginia.
 In urban, congested areas the maximum
speed is 55 mile per hour. (RT. 33)
 In Virginia, it is against the law to operate a
vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede
the normal and reasonable movement of
traffic
Class Work
Read page 213 in your drivers
education book. List & Define 8
different types of roads.
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test.
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