Keep pace with traffic — Montana Permit Test

Crashes involving two or more vehicles often happen when drivers go faster or slower than other vehicles; vehicles moving the same direction at the same speed cannot hit one another.

A car going much faster or slower than the rest keeps closing on someone, and every closing gap is a chance to collide.

Crashes involving two or more vehicles often happen when drivers go faster or slower than other vehicles on the road.

Drive with the flow of traffic, passing only as needed; each pass is a chance for a collision, and speeding does not save more than a few minutes.

A driver who speeds to save time makes pass after pass and gains almost nothing for the risk.

Speeding does not save more than a few minutes.

Going much slower than other vehicles can be just as risky as speeding, because traffic bunches up behind you and has to pass.

A crawling car makes a line of drivers behind it take chances to get around.

Going much slower than other vehicles can be just as risky as speeding.

If vehicles are piled up behind you, pull over and let them pass when it is safe to do so.

Drivers stuck behind a slow car for miles start passing in places where they cannot see.

If vehicles are piled up behind you, pull over and let them pass when it is safe to do so.

When do crashes involving two or more vehicles often happen?

When drivers go faster or slower than others. A car going much faster or slower than the rest keeps closing on someone, and every closing gap is a chance to collide. Montana Driver Manual, p.61: “Crashes involving two or more vehicles often happen when drivers go faster or slower than other vehicles on the road.”