Road_to_Solo_driving_handbook (2)

Rules and responsibilities
Entering the traffic stream
Whenever you enter the traffic stream
from a parked position, or through a
break in a median strip, you must give
way to all vehicles travelling on the road.
Changing lanes
Whenever you change lanes from one
marked lane or line of traffic to another,
you must give way to vehicles already in
that lane or line of traffic. This includes
crossing over any broken line marked
on the road which indicates that a lane
ends, for example when merging into
freeway traffic.
Tip
Make a head check whenever you
are changing lanes or pulling out
from the kerb, but don’t take your
eyes off the road ahead for more
than a second.
Zip merging
If you are on a road where there are no
lines marked and the road is such that
two rows of vehicles must merge into
one, you must give way to any vehicle
which has any part of its vehicle ahead
of yours. This is called zip merging.
Note: If you cross any lines marked on
the road, then you are not zip merging
but changing lanes and you must give
way accordingly.
Definition
When two lanes of traffic merge
into one and there are no lane
markings, this is known as zip
merging.
fig 54. Zip Merging
Red vehicle B must give way
to green vehicle A
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