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>I'd follow the drivers in front of me too closely

Best trick for managing this is to "drive through" the car in front of you. That is, judge your following distance based not on the car in front of you, but on the car in front of THEM.

And you don't have to "drive through" all the way down the road - it only takes one car/one level of abstraction for this approach to yield really great benefits, try it if you don't believe me.



This only works if you can see two vehicles ahead. Too many SUVs and pickup trucks are too high and have terrible visibility around them.


See "Lane Positions" under Basic Driving Skills: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/dmv/pages/online_parent_guide_to...




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