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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
I'd say it would be 1. always have an awareness and plan for an escape route to dart into and 2. always have an awareness via frequent rear view mirror checks if something is bearing down on you.
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So in the case of #1, I had a concrete divider on the left, a stream of 50-60 mph traffic on the right. Lots of room for an escape route there. Of course I could have driven 10 miles further, made a right turn off the highway, through an underpass, and back about 12 miles on 2-lane road to get to a destination a couple of hundred yards from the turnoff.
As to having an awareness of what's coming at you in the rear view mirror, what good does that do in most situations? If you're at a light, with cars in front and to either side, there really isn't anything you can do - not to mention that at best you'd have maybe half a second to realize that the oncoming Bozo isn't just intent on showing how sharply s/he can brake :-)