B10 Driving on Highway DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 1 / 11 General Speed limit on Highway is 80 km/h As the speed douples, the braking distance quadruple. page 4 5 6 10 11 Elks Side wind Motorway Tunnel Ferries Risks on a highway: high driving Speed, Animals, Side wind and Aquaplaning B10 Training -material
B10 Driving on Highway DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS JOINING Sometimes Visibility might be bad when you join to the Highway 2 / 11 High driving speed cause problems when you have to join to the highway. Avoid risks and wait until it s safe to join to traffic.
B10 Driving on Highway 3 / 11 DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS On bendy road stay all time on your lane. Don t short cut. DANGER WHEN TURNING LEFT When you turn to left from Highway, use Signal early and Slow down your speed. Before you turn to left, Drive so close to middle line as safe to drive.
B10 Driving on Highway ELKS 4 / 11 We have c. 1000 moose accident happening every year in Finland. Accident happens normally early morning before the sun rising up to sky or late evening just after sun setting down. Most biggest risk for moose accident is in fall time. Every year we have about 4000 deer accident. From Lappland and northest of PohjoisPohjanmaa you can find reindeers. Every year there is about 3000 accident. LIIKENNETURVA - Wildlife Weight of an adult Moose is about 350 700 kg
B10 Driving on Highway 5 / 11 SIDEWIND Sidewind is risk on a Bridge or an Open field. Tuulen nopeus = speed of the wind
B10 Driving on Highway 6 / 11 MOTORWAY Motorway and motor traffic highway: Only motor powered vehicles whose maximum permitted structional speed is higher than 50 km/h No towing No U-turn No reversing No stopping No parking Motorway always has at least two lanes running in the same direction WATCH MOTORWAY VIDEO
B10 Driving on Highway MOTORWAY JOINING 7 / 11 Joining to the motorway: The acceleration lane might be difficult to drive or slippery. Small gear offers more power to speed up. (the best gear to speed up is often 3) Joining to motorway is not easy. Best is speed up to same speed with other road users. Speed up to the same speed as those who are already on the motorway. Don t change the lane before you have reach maximum speed.
B10 Driving on Highway MOTORWAY DRIVING 8 / 11 Left lane is only for overtaking. If someone drive slowly on a left lane it s prohibited to overtake him from the right lane. You can use high beam lights on motorway. Make sure you won t disturb anyone accidently. If your car break down on a motorway you can tow the car away from the motorway from the first exit. Left lane is only for overtaking. Normally always drive on the right lane.
B10 Driving on Highway MOTORWAY EXITING 9 / 11 Exciting the motorway: Follow directional signs. The slowing lane start next to a informative exit sign where an arrow is pointing sideway up to the sky. Do not slow down before reaching the slowing lane. Remember signal and check mirrors and the blind spot. Move on to the slowing lane right when it start and slow down. There often is a sharp bend at the end of a slowing lane. First Change the lane and then Slow down
B10 Driving on Highway TUNNEL 10 / 11 Driving ragulations in a tunnel: You can t Stop in Tunnel No stopping or parking Overtaking is prohibited if there isn't atleast two lanes running in the same direction No U-turn
B10 Driving on Highway 11 / 11 FERRIES - FINFERRIES Finferries manages the ferry services in Finland at over 40 ferry sites. The shares of the corporation are still owned, directly and in full, by the State of Finland. At the ferry harbor drive in the right hand lane when you arrive at ferry harbor, so that vehicles with the right of way can safely skip the queue. Avoid idling and turn off the headlights, so that they do not disturb the ferry driver in darkness. Vehicles first drive into the right side of the ferry, then into the left lane or as the staff or traffic lights instruct. Heavy vehicles drive into the center of the ferry. Lock the parking brake, turn off the headlights and stop the engine. Getting off the ferry is typically done in the same order in which you drove on board. Leaving is possible only when the red lights are extinguished and the boom is raised or the staff gives its permission. http://www.finferries.fi/en/frontpage.html The longest route is a 9.5 km from Korppoo to Houtskar. This ferry travels from Parainen to Nauvo.