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| Keeps you alive at intersections |
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| Anytime you are at an intersection, scan ahead, look left, right, then back to the left. Get the big picture. Look for PBMV's. Look left a second time because that is the first lane of traffic you enter. Before entering the intersection, Check your traffic side mirror to make sure no one is going to turn in front of you. As you proceed through the intersection, check your non traffic side mirror to make sure you cleared the intersection. |
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| Leave enough space between you and the car in front of you so that you can get around it without backing up in traffic. The space needed is proportionate to the size of my vehicle |
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| Count 1-2-3 after vehicle ahead starts to move |
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| Keeps you away from billboards |
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| Waiting for the vehicle in front of you to start moving establishes a space cushion if front of you and gives you time to bring your eyes up to the driving scene. |
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| 4-6 second following time for speeds up to 30 MPH, 6-8 seconds for speeds over 30 mph |
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| Calculate following distance by counting from the vehicle in front of my passing a stationary object. Following distance gives me time to react to traffic changes in front of me. |
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| 8-12 seconds eye-lead time |
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| Centers car in traffic lane |
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| Establish eye lead time the same way as following distance. You should maintain that depth of vision. |
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| Take path of least resistance |
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| Scan steering wheels to see if a parked car is occupied. Occupants may exit the car or pull away from the curb. Also look for brake lights, exhaust from tailpipe, and turned out wheels. Use your horn to contact occupants. Close enough to hear, but far enough ahead to react. |
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| A stale green light is one I didn't see change. choose a point of decision. If the light changes before then, stop smoothly. If not, continue through even if it changes after. Things that change the decision point are road, load, wheather, and speed |
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| Establishes eye to eye contact |
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| Establish eye contact with PBMV's using horn lights and signals. Establishing eye contact allows me to expect the other person to act reasonably |
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| Communicate in traffic, horn, lights, signals |
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| Use traffic side turn signal, use traffic side flat and convex mirrors, look over traffic side shoulder. Don't deactivate turn signal until completely in lane. |
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| Use of Mirrors and Guages |
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| Check mirror every 5-8 seconds. In easy traffic conditions, check a gauge instead of mirror. Always go to the front after every gauge or mirror check. Never go gauge to mirror, etc... |
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1. Clearing Intersections
Keeps you alive at intersections
2. When stopped in traffic
Have an escape route
3. Count 1-2-3 after vehicle ahead starts to move
Keeps you away from billboards
4. 4-6 second following time for speeds up to 30 MPH, 6-8 seconds for speeds over 30 mph
Buys time
5. 8-12 seconds eye-lead time
Centers car in traffic lane
6. Scan Steering Wheels
Take path of least resistance
7. Stale green lights
Smooth stops and turns
8. Eye Contact
Establishes eye to eye contact
9. Pulling from curb
Communicate in traffic, horn, lights, signals
10. Use of Mirrors and Guages
Keeps eyes ahead of car |
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