Cincinnati is a more of a medium city, but I taught this to hundreds of truck drivers.
THE MOST COMMON DRIVING ERROR
In Smith System=92s fifty years of teaching safe driving to over one hundred thousand fleet drivers, the most common poor driving habit we see is inadequate following distance. Our studies show most motorists maintain between one and two seconds behind the vehicle in front of them.
Here are drivers =91 most common reasons for this distance plus some thoughts to consider:
- =93I was taught the 2 second following distance when I first learned to drive. It=92s more than enough.=94
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