CDL Test Question - Highest Wind Pull?

Its been a couple of years but I had a funny question on my test. The question asked what do you do if somone was tailgating you. The choices where to tap your breaks, slow down, increase following distance, and some other one I forget. The correct answer was to increase following distance.

Which I find kinda funny becouse if you are doing the speed limit and somone is tailgating you, what are you supposed to do? speed up? Yea I know I was doing 70 in that 55 officer, but I was just trying to increase following distance from that tailgater.

 

The correct answer was to increase following distance.

This maybe true in a test but not in the real world.

With a truck limited to 65MPH you can not increase following distance if you are already doing 65MPH.
You will also have no power to control the truck when you need it in a emergency.(example:Tire a blow out)

If someone is tailgating you, and hits you. Who's fault is it.

"THEIR FAULT!!!"

If you have to do a emergency stop. Their dead!!!

You are the only one In control of your truck.
NOT the tailgater behind you.

#1 Flash your break lights

#2 Slow down

#3 Let them pass if it is safe to do so

If they do not do nothing, then they can just sit there and wait or

#4 Pull off the road and take a quick break/relax and regain your composure.


Remember this. "THE FASTER YOU GO, THE BIGGER THE BANG".

 

I hope you and Ruges are kidding and not in any way serious!

Best regards

 

So what would a you do if you are doing the speed limit and somone is tailgating you?
What are your thoughts?

 

What I would do is not the question raised, it's what the CDL manual says and the associated test question and answer. You increase your following distance by gently and gradually slowing your speed. You do not attempt to increase the distance between you and someone following you to close.

 

Look at this and tell me what you would do?

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Well,dang,i kept waiting for the smash up.I'm not entirely sure the driver knew the car was behind him.Unless he saw the shadow.So i'm thinking two answers though they sound the same.

If he didn't know he was there-just what he did.If you don't know the car is there,you can't do anything different.

If he did know the car was there-pretty much just what he did.The only thing different is slow down at a sooner point,though none was there,if stopping or slowing way down were required.Thus giving the car a chance to react either by slowing down or changing lanes.

Sometimes you are limited as to what can be realistically done because of the actions of others.I'd much prefer to be on a wide open road in north New Mexico or Montana than inside a city.Take care.Brian

 

The correct answer is increase following distance....from the vehicle in FRONT of you. You let off the accelerator,increase your following distance from traffic in front, tailgator then hopefully passes you safely because of your safe following distance of traffic ahead of you. This is what they teach. It works also all about controling the space around your truck and what is in front gets priority over what is behind you. Hope this makes sense.

 

Oh.... he knew the driver was there behind him... that is why he changed lanes so often... that is why you have a cb in the truck... to hear for danger on the road and let other truckers know whats on the go.

 

I slow down and maybe hit my flashers a few times. they usually don't have a clue.