However, driving experience in rural areas differs significantly from driving experience in city areas. It is important to be familiar with both types of environments (and others you may encounter), but neither is a subsbreastute for the other.
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Also, take advice in context with how good the giver is at driving. If you ride with a person whose driving always scares you with near misses, you might want to downgrade the priority of advice from that person.
Also, remember that being "packed in" by other vehicles reduces the number of choices you have to avoid an emergency situation and requires more brain processing to keep track of the nearby vehicles.
Pay attention to how far ahead you can see; if you go around a curve or over a hill to find a broken down car (or a stopped traffic jam) in your lane, do you have enough time to stop for or swerve around it? If the car ahead changes lanes to unmask a broken down car (or stopped traffic jam) in your lane, do you have enough time to stop for or swerve around it? Obviously, the "swerve" option is limited if there is another vehicle right next to you.
At intersections, pay attention to transitions between light phases. Red light running is common, and you do not want to be the "target" vehicle in a T-bone crash. So as the phase before your green is ending, check to see if anyone in that direction is likely to be running the red light.
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