How To Follow Safely
How To Follow Safely
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How To Follow Safely
Middle-aged Caucasian adult male program host wearing business suit, holding a fishing line and lure and talking about knowing where to go to find "the big ones," and how that parlays into knowing where to find the main causes of accidents. Segues to a visual aid depicting where accidents can occur on the road.
How To Follow Safely
Middle-aged adult Caucasian male program host names six possible collisions a driver may encounter. Visual aid of cars on the road (represented by black and white arrows) showing the six possible collisions on a road.
How To Follow Safely
Middle-aged adult Caucasian male program host goes over the six possible ways to get into a collision on the road; black and white arrows represent cars on the road.
How To Follow Safely
Middle-aged adult Caucasian male program host holding a diagram, explaining the first possible collision a person may encounter. Animation of man and woman inside a car; car brake lights go on, indicating the man slamming on the brakes. Animation of man in a car making a left turn without signaling. Animation of a man speeding ahead of a car, then jamming on the brakes.
How To Follow Safely
Middle-aged adult Caucasian male program host holding a sign saying “Overconfidence” as the reason for not being alert while driving and getting “sucked into” an accident. He mentions that a professional driver should not assume the actions of another driver.
How To Follow Safely
Chalkboard diagram of reaction distance vs. braking distance vs. stopping distance.
How To Follow Safely
Middle-aged adult Caucasian male program host talks about the misleading phrase “stopping on a dime” before pulling down a projection screen to show stopping distance field tests. Cut to two adult male Caucasian field researchers preparing for a detonator used to test braking distance; device is attached to the front bumper of a truck.
How To Follow Safely
Two adult male Caucasian field researchers driving a truck in the country, testing and measuring distance ratios from the moment of brake application to when the truck actually stops.
How To Follow Safely
Two adult male Caucasian field researchers driving a bus in the country, testing and measuring distance ratios from the moment of brake application to when the bus actually stops. They step off the bus, look at the detonator device, and walk towards the back of the bus.
How To Follow Safely
Middle-aged adult Caucasian male program host holds up a sheet of test results, says they do not expect drivers to know the test figures. He promotes a simple rule of thumb: allow one vehicle length for every 10 miles per hour.
How To Follow Safely
Middle-aged adult Caucasian male program host addresses drivers who need to get somewhere fast and are unlikely to follow the “one vehicle length for every 10 miles per hour” rule of thumb. He flips the page which shows an equation to how much time is actually lost by allowing other drivers to cut in every single block for an eight mile trip going twenty miles an hour and following the rule of thumb. He asks the viewer to take a guess at the answer.
How To Follow Safely
Middle-aged adult Caucasian male program host completes the equation to show that a driver would only lose one and four-fifths of a minute by following the “one vehicle length for every 10 miles per hour” rule.
How To Follow Safely
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