Speed for traffic conditions — Wyoming Permit Test

If you drive faster than traffic you have to pass other vehicles, and your chance of a crash rises when you pass many of them.

Every pass is a moment beside or in front of another car, so making lots of them stacks up the risk.

If you are going faster than traffic, you will have to pass other vehicles. The chances of a crash increase if you pass many vehicles.

In Wyoming's manual, going slower than traffic or stopping suddenly is as dangerous as speeding.

Cars behind you may not slow in time, and others swing out to pass you, so a slow car causes crashes too.

Going slower than traffic or stopping suddenly is as dangerous as speeding.

When you see a slower-moving vehicle ahead, adjust your speed gradually; slowing suddenly is a major cause of traffic crashes.

A driver behind you expects you to keep moving, and a sudden stop leaves them no time to react.

Adjust your speed gradually. Slowing suddenly is a major cause of traffic crashes.

Bicyclists have as much legal right to be on a public road as you; treat bicycles as slow-moving traffic and adjust your speed and driving for them.

A bike moves far slower than a car, and coming up on one too fast leaves no room to slow or pass safely.

All bicycles should be identified as slow-moving traffic and your speed and driving should be adjusted to accommodate them.

What happens to your crash risk when you drive faster than the flow of traffic?

It rises, since you pass many vehicles. Every pass is a moment beside or in front of another car, so making lots of them stacks up the risk. Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, p.41: “If you are going faster than traffic, you will have to pass other vehicles. The chances of a crash increase if you pass many vehicles.”