Norman Wells wrote:
> In message , Cynic
> writes
> Indeed. You have 'glimpses', and from those you know that other traffic
> exists in front of the lorry. What you cannot know from glimpses,
> however, is what that traffic is doing or going to do.
I've never had a problem in judging what is happening in front of the
lorry through glimpses.
> However, you
> need to be able to monitor it continuously if you claim, as you do, that
> you can react in time to something that happens in front of the lorry
> rather than just to the lorry itself.
>
> If you can't do that, and you're driving within the overall stopping
> distance from the lorry, you're an accident waiting to happen.
I really do not see how that follows. As long you meet or exceed the
stopping distance and are paying attention you have nothing to worry about. |