Play "every car/truck/bus/semi truck" is trying to kill you and drive accordingly.
Whats your best driving tip?
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I expect nothing, and I’m still disappointed…But if you expect it, then it’s no longer unexpected. Therefore you end up expecting the expected.
Yes, that’s a gator/small side by side pulling a 10ft log
Here in VA there's specific phone number to call to to report leftlanehoggers. The VA state police will pull them over.
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Lol There was a huge group doing 75 in a 60 once and I saw a guy pull over the SECOND the cop came up behind him. I don't even think he was after that guy, he just went for whoever pulled overIf you’re going to speed on the interstate don’t do it alone
If you can see the side of your car in your wing mirrors, they are WAY off and you will have huge blind spots.
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I remember once during drivers Ed I couldn't see anything out of my side view mirrors because the instructor said the same thing. I adjusted them so I COULD see and had to move them out because he thought they were too far in
amazing how he could see that from the passenger seatDon't drive when you're sleepy. I once woke up driving in the ditch with grass flying by, only a mile or two from home. I was really tired but thought I could make it home.
I was just lucky there were no big rocks or an approach where I went off the road. It would have been far safer to pull over and sleep for a few minutes.
I was just lucky there were no big rocks or an approach where I went off the road. It would have been far safer to pull over and sleep for a few minutes.
Leave 10 min. early.
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"LLL", look left.......look right......look left last
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Anticipate traffic, you will encounter some more often than not.
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An approach? Like a driveway entrance with a culvert pipe? Lol
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Pay attention.
If you're in pole position at a red light wait 2-3 seconds after it turns green. Ignore the fool behind you who beeps.
If you're in pole position at a red light wait 2-3 seconds after it turns green. Ignore the fool behind you who beeps.
I remember once during drivers Ed I couldn't see anything out of my side view mirrors because the instructor said the same thing. I adjusted them so I COULD see and had to move them out because he thought they were too far in
The vast majority have them too far in. They are for reducing blind spots, not for looking behind you.
With mirrors adjusted properly, and learning “wide vision” as in using your peripheral vision, you can see a full 360 deg around the vehicle while still looking directly ahead. This is one thing we teach in advanced driver instruction.
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Never thought of that. Nothing like a bunch of hung over people waking up at 4am to go black friday shopping lol
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It's more of a fact around here
100%. Everyone screws up on the road so losing your mind about it isn't worth the trouble. I have 2 people pull out in front of me in a 5 mile trip to the store. Saw them, honked, moved along with my life. Meanwhile, a guy I follow on FB posts a dash cam of the same situation, except rather than try to avoid it entirely by braking, he decided to try to get close b/c "he'll show them" and guess what...rear ended them b/c they took off slowly. Then he's going on about being their fault. Sure, maybe from a ticket/insurance perspective but in the end, I'd rather not have a crash than be right.
I have a feeling many of the dash cam incidents posted on social media were instigated by the posters themselves. Of course they don’t show what preceded the incident.
That is one of the many reasons I survived many decades of motorcycle riding.. Think every other vehicles only purpose of being on the road is to get you.Especially on icy roads!
