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CHAPTER 8 SHARING THE ROAD WITH OTHERS. PEDESTRIANS. A MOTORIST MUST STOP AND REMAIN STOPPED FOR A PEDESTRIAN WHO IS CROSSING AT A CROSSWALK UNTIL THE PEDESTRIAN COMPLETES HIS/HER CROSSING. TRUCKS, TRACTOR-TRAILERS AND BUSES. IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL BLIND SPOTS
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PEDESTRIANS • A MOTORIST MUST STOP AND REMAIN STOPPED FOR A PEDESTRIAN WHO IS CROSSING AT A CROSSWALK UNTIL THE PEDESTRIAN COMPLETES HIS/HER CROSSING
TRUCKS, TRACTOR-TRAILERS AND BUSES • IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL BLIND SPOTS • IN ADDITION, DURING ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, A TRUCK CAN TAKE AS MUCH AS 25% LONGER TO STOP THAN USUAL
NO ZONE PRINCIPLE • DO NOT MOVE CLOSE TO A TRUCK • THE POTENTIAL FOR A COLLISION IS INCREASED FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING IN A NO-ZONE • IF THE DRIVER OF A LARGE TRUCK OR BUS CANNOT SEE YOU IN HIS MIRROR – YOU ARE IN A BLIND SPOT
TRUCKS AND TURNING • GIVE MORE ROADWAY TO A TRUCK DRIVER NEGOTIATING A WIDE TURN TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT • DO NOT PASS A TRUCK ON THE RIGHT • BEAR RIGHT WHEN A LARGE VEHICLE IS APPROACHING IN THE OPPOSITE LANE. WIND TURBULENCE WILL BE REDUCED
TRUCKS ON A HILL • BE SURE TO LEAVE AMPLE SPACE WHEN FACING UPHILL BECAUSE TRUCKS MAY ROLL BACKWARD SLIGHTLY WHEN STARTING UP
MOTORCYCLES(CHAPTER 10) • NEVER FOLLOW MOTORCYCLES TOO CLOSELY • A MOTORIST’S FAILURE TO DETECT AND RECOGNIZE MOTORCYCLES IN TRAFFIC IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF COLLISIONS