Signal when slowing — Montana Permit Test

If you will stop or slow where another driver does not expect it, tap your brake pedal three or four times quickly to warn those behind you.

Flashing brake lights catch the eye of a driver behind who would otherwise expect you to keep going.

If you are going to stop or slow down at a place where another driver does not expect it, tap your brake pedal three or four times quickly to let those behind you know you are about to slow down.

Signal when you slow down to park or turn just before an intersection, because following traffic expects you to go through it.

The driver behind is watching the light ahead, not you, and does not expect you to stop short of it.

Your brake lights let people know that you are slowing down.

Signal when you slow down to turn off a road that has no separate turn or exit lanes.

With no turn lane, you slow down in the traffic lane, right in front of cars still at full speed.

Always slow down as early as it is safe to do so.

How do you warn drivers behind you that you will slow where they do not expect it?

Tap the brake pedal 3 or 4 times. Flashing brake lights catch the eye of a driver behind who would otherwise expect you to keep going. Montana Driver Manual, p.58: “If you are going to stop or slow down at a place where another driver does not expect it, tap your brake pedal three or four times quickly to let those behind you know you are about to slow down.”