| Ruth
Fordies advice on positioning is good and also applies when you come to a halt behind a stationary vehicle. If you keep to the offside and you see a vehicle in your mirrors, which doesn't look like it's going to stop in time you can get out of the way rather than being hit from behind.
In general traffic - A roads , dual carriageways & motorways my main problem is distance'. In other words I will leave a safe gap between my vehicle and the one in front, but then get drawn in and close up the gap without realising.
I was told the following saying years ago and use it every day.
If you are following a vehicle, watch for it passing a stationary object such as a lamp post ,tree or mark on the road and then say to yourself '' Only a fool breaks the two second rule ''. If you reach the observed object before you have finished saying the above, you are too close.
Apparently it works at any speed.
But what you have to watch out for then is people tail gating you because they want to get into the gap you are now creating.
Can't win can you?
Phil  |