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Saskatchewan Driver's Handbook / Basic information and rules of the road / Changing lanes
Driver's Handbook
  • 1 - Introduction
  • 2 - Saskatchewan driver's licence program
    • 2.1 - Driver's licence
    • 2.2 - Vehicle registration
    • 2.3 - Graduated Driver's Licensing
    • 2.4 - Change of name or address
    • 2.5 - Classified licence system
    • 2.6 - Medical requirements
    • 2.7 - Mandatory driver education
    • 2.8 - Preparing for your road test
    • 2.9 - Before the examination
    • 2.10 - Your test
  • 3 - Basic information and rules of the road
    • 3.1 - Speed
    • 3.2 - Care and attention
    • 3.3 - Stopping and parking
    • 3.4 - Sharing the road
    • 3.5 - The concept of gates
    • 3.6 - Blind spots
    • 3.7 - Directional dividing lines
    • 3.8 - Traffic lanes
    • 3.9 - Lane position
    • 3.10 - Lane selection
    • 3.11 - Signalling
    • 3.12 - Changing lanes
    • 3.13 - Passing
    • 3.14 - Bus lanes and bicycle lanes
    • 3.15 - Turning
    • 3.16 - Centre turning lanes
    • 3.17 - Right of way
    • 3.18 - Stopping positions
    • 3.19 - Traffic circles
    • 3.20 - Highways
    • 3.21 - Pedestrians
    • 3.22 - Crossing urban streets
    • 3.23 - Wheelchairs and medical scooters
    • 3.24 - Motorcycles
    • 3.25 - Medians
    • 3.26 - Parking lots
    • 3.27 - Headlights
    • 3.28 - Night driving and low visibility
    • 3.29 - Choosing the right speed
    • 3.30 - When to dim your headlights
    • 3.31 - Rules related to vehicles
  • 4 - Traffic signs and signals
    • 4.1 - Traffic signs
    • 4.2 - Six basic sign shapes every driver must know
    • 4.3 - Standard sign colours
    • 4.4 - Regulatory signs
    • 4.5 - Regulatory parking signs
    • 4.6 - Regulatory pedestrian crossing signs
    • 4.7 - Regulatory lane designation signs
    • 4.8 - Regulatory turn control signs
    • 4.9 - Warning signs
    • 4.10 - Construction signs
    • 4.11 - Railway crossings
    • 4.12 - Crossroad delineators
    • 4.13 - Guide signs
    • 4.14 - Information signs
    • 4.15 - Traffic signals
  • 5 - Basic driving skills
    • 5.1 - Hazards
    • 5.2. - The IPDE method of driving
    • 5.3 - Time - The key to judgement
    • 5.4 - Eye use
    • 5.5 - Before you drive
    • 5.6 - Steering
    • 5.7 - Accelerating
    • 5.8 - Standard (manual) transmission vehicles
    • 5.9 - Gears
    • 5.10 - Low speed skills
  • 6 - Advanced driving skills
    • 6.1 - Parking
    • 6.2 - Turning
    • 6.3 - Highway driving
    • 6.4 - Passing
    • 6.5 - Curves and corners
    • 6.6 - Driving in mountains
    • 6.7 - Grid, municipal and resource access roads
    • 6.8 - Winter driving
    • 6.9 - Braking
    • 6.10 - Emergency driving
    • 6.11 - Understanding collisions
    • 6.12 - What to do if you are in a collision
    • 6.13 - Impairing factors
  • 7 - Complying with the law when driving
    • 7.1 - The Traffic Safety Act
    • 7.2 - The Criminal Code of Canada
    • 7.3 - Traffic tickets
    • 7.4 - Driver Improvement Program
    • 7.5 - Save Driver Recognition
  • Fuel-efficient driving techniques
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Basic information and rules of the road

3.12 Changing lanes

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The procedure for changing lanes:

  1. Determine the need to change lanes well in advance. Make sure you know the conditions of your gate.
  2. Signal your intention to change lanes.
  3. Check your mirrors to see that the gate is open and that no one else is moving into it.
  4. Shoulder check to look for vehicles or obstructions in your blind spot.
  5. Look where you want the vehicle to go and steer there.
  6. Accelerate gently and steer the vehicle to the position where you are looking.
  7. When you are almost completely in the new lane, look ahead to a point where you propose to drive and your steering will adjust.
  8. Cancel signal. Check the condition of your new gates. Adjust your speed.

When moving through more than a single lane, make the change as one continual action. Only one signal and one shoulder check are needed.

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Rev: 2012
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