Behaviors that cause trouble — Connecticut Permit Test

Do not block the passing lane; stay out of the far left lane and yield to the right for any vehicle that wants to pass.

Holding the left lane is the single thing most likely to provoke the driver behind you.

Don't block the passing lane. Stay out of the far left lane and yield to the right for any vehicle that wants to pass.

Dozens of deadly traffic altercations begin when one driver tailgates another, so maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front.

Tailgating is read as a threat by the driver ahead, and it is the opening move in most road rage incidents.

Dozens of deadly traffic altercations begin when one driver tailgates another.

Signal before switching lanes, make sure you do not cut anyone off, and turn the signal off after the maneuver.

A signal left on after a lane change tells the next driver you are about to move again, and they plan around it.

After you've made the maneuver, turn your signal off.

If you want to wave to another driver, use all of your fingers, because obscene gestures have gotten people shot, stabbed and beaten.

An obscene gesture has gotten people shot, stabbed and beaten. Using every finger costs nothing.

If you want to wave to another driver, please use all of your fingers.

Use your horn sparingly, and do not blow it at the driver in front the second the light turns green.

A stressed driver hears the horn as an accusation, and various kinds of violence begin with a horn.

Don't blow your horn at the driver in front of you the second the light turns green.

Do not take more than one parking space, and do not park in a handicapped space unless you are entitled to.

The space taken from someone who needs it is the one that turns a trivial slight into an incident.

Do not take more than one parking space.

Keep headlights on low beam except where unlighted conditions require high beams, and do not retaliate to oncoming high beams with your own.

Two blinded drivers is worse than one, and the lesson you are teaching arrives as a head-on collision.

Don't retaliate to oncoming high beams with your own in order to “teach them a lesson.”

When traffic permits, move out of the right-hand lane of a multi-lane highway to let vehicles enter from the on-ramps.

A driver on a ramp has a fixed length of road to join in. Moving over hands them the whole of it.

When traffic permits, move out of the right-hand lane of a multi-lane highway to allow vehicles to enter from the on-ramps.

If a hostile motorist tries to pick a fight, do not make eye contact, because it can be seen as a challenge.

Looking back is read as accepting the argument. Looking away ends it without a word.

If a hostile motorist tries to pick a fight, do not make eye contact.

If a motorist pursues you, do not go home; drive to a police station, a convenience store or another public place where you can get help.

Going home tells them where you live. A public place puts witnesses between you and them.

If a motorist pursues you, do not go home.

What does a driver do when another vehicle wants to pass?

Yield to the right. Holding the left lane is the single thing most likely to provoke the driver behind you. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.26: “Don't block the passing lane. Stay out of the far left lane and yield to the right for any vehicle that wants to pass.”