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Originally Posted by mike3fan
Look I am guilty as anybody of following too closely, but IMO you were way too close at all times in that video for the load you were carrying. And probably any load as far as that goes. Never should have allowed yourself to get put in that position. Don't mean to sound preachy but you are the one in control of your vehicle and this was a totally avoidable incident if only you had left much more distance between the two of you.
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Point taken about being too close.
Not really sure if that would have changed anything though. If a vehicle decides to pull along side and take my lane in that situation, there is pretty much going to be a problem regardless of following distance don't you think? At the speed I was driving...approx 55 mph there was almost a constant stream of traffic passing on my left. Slowing my speed to increase following distance every time a truck or car fills that gap will only serve to make more traffic on my left and an even larger speed differential making it almost impossible to change lanes. Besides, this is NY.........any gap gets immediately filled. Proper following distance is nice to talk about.....but it's a fantasy.
What put me in the bind was that truck coming into my lane.