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Left Lane Blockers

... to make sure that the second driver would not establish a safe following distance or go around on the right, I would pull over that  ...

DriveSmartBC - 2021/08/15 - 13:00 - 36 comments

Driver Attitude and Automated Enforcement

... miscreants who don't make any attempt to keep a safe following distance, we're never going to see it happen. When's ... dangerous miscreants who don't make any attempt to keep a safe following distance, we're never going to see it happen." I do agree ...

DriveSmartBC - 2021/11/16 - 22:08 - 40 comments

VIDEO - Safe Following Distance

This video from Young Drivers of Canada shows the safest following distance on the road and how to adjust this distance depending on the road conditions. Safe Cushion = Safe Following Time PLUS Safe Leading Time Under normal dr ...

DriveSmartBC - 2017/11/13 - 00:10 - 1 comment

Almost is NOT Good Enough

... test , many experienced drivers do not know what a safe following distance is and that it changes for variations in road ...

DriveSmartBC - 2022/12/18 - 04:03 - 5 comments

Maintaining a Safe Following Distance

... many were the result of preventive enforcement. Safe following distance This is a great column on a very thorny subject. ...

DriveSmartBC - 2021/04/09 - 17:00 - 5 comments

Forced Tailgating

... is straight forward, if I have to slow to maintain safe following distance after you change lanes in front of me, you are in ... is straight forward, if I have to slow to maintain safe following distance after you change lanes in front of me, you are in ...

DriveSmartBC - 2022/06/05 - 11:30 - 6 comments

Following Too Closely

Ask a lawyer who specializes in collision litigation and they will tell you that the most frequent collision type they deal with is a rear end crash. Common causes of rear end collisions include driver inattention or distraction, tailgating, panic sto ...

DriveSmartBC - 2021/05/13 - 12:13 - 5 comments

Passed & Forgotten

The topic of choice in the DriveSmartBC e-mail box this past week has been about drivers who pass you in the left lane of a multiple lane highway and then immediately change lanes back in front of you. This action leaves less (sometimes much less) ...

DriveSmartBC - 2021/11/16 - 22:08 - 5 comments

The Lost Art of Making a Lane Change

... my speed. Great, now I have to drop back to maintain safe following distance. At times like this I wonder why they didn't choose to ...

DriveSmartBC - 2021/07/03 - 04:00 - 12 comments

Space Cadets

... who moves back over in front of you leaving less than safe following distance ? Don't they know that they are supposed to see all of ...

DriveSmartBC - 2021/12/12 - 04:00 - 9 comments

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