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Originally Posted by BENT_8
If the truck was following another truck, say a airliner, it's very hard to see much ahead at all, you're basically relying on the preceding truck as your eyes and do whatever he's doing.
Whilst it's ok to say keep a 3 seconds gap or 80m, reality is, during peak hour, all that gap does is invite a bunch of ignorant car drivers in to your reaction space and every time you adjust, another will invite themselves in.
Unless you've been in that situation you really don't know how much it happens.
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Sorry, but that is a load of **** and good luck having that argument (loose term) hold up in court.
The same can be said for the woe is me whinging truck driver, hard done by attitude.
If traffic is flowing at 100kmh, realistically how much time are you going to loose by leaving a 2-3 second gap...
If its too hard to see infront of the vehicle you're tailgating, drop back and keep a safe and legal following distance. You know, to scan ahead, anticipate and react to any hazards.