In message <1176472706.23596.0@despina.uk.clara.net>, CheekyMonkey
writes
>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.
How, when you can't _see_ what's happening?
What you really mean is you've been lucky.
>
>> 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.
Isn't that what I just said?
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Norman Wells
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