What should I have done?
I was driving my class A motor home on an interstate in Michigan, towing a Jeep, 4 wheels down. I was behind and tractor trailer with the cruise control set a 60 mph. The truck ahead of me made a qu...
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Sounds to me like you were following the tractor trailer too closely (tailgating). You should allow at least one vehicle space (your length) for every 10 miles per hour of speed. If you had abided by that rule, you would have saw the trooper in plenty of time to reduce your speed accordingly (move over or slow down) means slowing to 45 mph. which is the legal MINIMUM speed on any Inter-Intra state highway or Federally funded 2 lane road.
Accept the ticket and pay the citation and consider yourself lucky he didn't arrest you. He could have. You put his life in danger by your inactions.
I always slow down or move over for stopped emergency vehicles but that means not following so closely, the vehicle in front of you that you cannot.
Following too closely (assured clear distance) is one of the biggest accident contributors.
I know, the patent answer is, if I allow sufficient distance between the vehicle in front of me and me, someone will move into that space. Easy answer to that. Assume that distance from the vehicle that got in front of you instead of the vehicle you were initially following.
Remember, move over or slow down and slow down means slowing to the Federally mandated minimum speed of 45 mph.
Accept the ticket and pay the citation and consider yourself lucky he didn't arrest you. He could have. You put his life in danger by your inactions.
I always slow down or move over for stopped emergency vehicles but that means not following so closely, the vehicle in front of you that you cannot.
Following too closely (assured clear distance) is one of the biggest accident contributors.
I know, the patent answer is, if I allow sufficient distance between the vehicle in front of me and me, someone will move into that space. Easy answer to that. Assume that distance from the vehicle that got in front of you instead of the vehicle you were initially following.
Remember, move over or slow down and slow down means slowing to the Federally mandated minimum speed of 45 mph.
