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>Only when the speed of traffic is quite slow should vehicles in adjacent
>lanes not be staggered.  And even them, by skillful driving, you can
>always have one side clear.

You don't live in the city do you.  Try using "skillful driving" in
rush hour Boston traffic to "keep one side clear"...impossible.

>Second, trucks are big and do not change position very quickly.  If you
>are in a smaller vehicle, you are far more manouverable.  Long before
>the truck even gets close to you, you should have adjusted yourself out
>of its way, either by speeding up or slowing down, or by swerving.  Your
>peripheral vision should always be ready to alert you of any mishaps
>about to occur.

I agree that one must make an extra effort to watch out for trucks,
but it's not reasonable to assume that all situations can be avoided.
Trucks have BIG blind spots...even if you are trying very hard to move
safely and quickly by a truck they still don't always see you...and
sometimes pick the "wrong moment" to change lanes.


>Maintaining a decent following distance is simply a specific case of the
>idea of having a "buffer zone".  Your buffer zone should extend in all
>directions, not just ahead of you.  If you can maintain such a buffer

I agree that a forward buffer is important...and is often sacrificed
(I am no exception) in traffic, etc.  But you just can't always
maintain a large buffer zone on the sides...traffic just prevents it
sometimes.  As for the green light example.  Of ocurse you should
always watch for red light runners, but it's not YOUR fault if you're
hit by one.  Red light runners (in snow or otherwise) are driving
recklessly.

>zone 95% of the time, that immediately cuts down the chances of an
>accident by a factor of twenty.

Let's see some numbers to support that one!


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