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He is an Employee of Fedex! Read his other posts on the Trucking Board forums
the guy who posted it is from fedex
but he is probably not the same guy who is filming
He is an Employee of Fedex! Read his other posts on the Trucking Board forums
The fact of the matter is that regardless who videotaped our driver, he was clearly following too close for the speed he was travelling. The prescribed "safe" following distance (allowing sufficient time to stop for any eventuality that may occur in front of you) is one second for each ten feet of the vehicle length you are driving up to 40 mph, and then adding one additional second for speeds over 40. Assuming that the set was 65 feet in overall length, the driver should actually have been following by 7.5 seconds.......not less than one!
If math isn't your strong point, do this instead........Imagine that the passengers of the vehicle you are following are the people you love most....your parents, spouse, children, siblings etc. With that in mind, could you stop in time and keep the ones you love most out of harm's way no matter what happened in front of you?
I am not naive in thinking that a 7.5 second following distance is realistic in congested traffic conditions, but I do know that I would not want that driver following me or mine.
(Points to Jules in the thread above)
This should be how the forum works, and Kudos to Jules for stating his opinion, disagreeing with mine, and not letting it become a personal grudge or bashing of any sort. If everyone read our banter, observed our behavior, and learned from it, then this board would become a valuable tool to express our opinions to those whom we want to hear it most!
As for the textbook however, (snickers) I threw that out about 20 years ago when I had over 12 years experience under my belt.
Could have been R+L? They are watching so be extra careful out there!two triples sets were filmed near Cleveland OH on tuesday by a in truck camera. the tape and email was sent to wilmington safety dept. watch your speed and distance from the vehicle in front of you. not sure who had the dash cam
not R+L we think it was OD or Conway not sure