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Old 08-04-2010, 05:27 AM   #9 (permalink)
tumnasgt
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Trucks are what scare me most, they go right up behind me, and sit about 3feet off my bumper at 90km/h, and because they are so close, they can't see when my brake lights come on. I push the brake pedal so the lights come on for tailgaters, and if they don't back off, I start slowing down. My record is slowing down to 40km/h so the following distance was safe, turned out that guy was even towing. I think my first ecomod will be a "SLOW VEHICLE" sign on the back of my trunk.

I've decided I'm going to start filming my drives, so I can look back on what I'm doing well/not so well, and then when I see really scary things, I can contact the cops (who are open to driving complaints from the public).
A few months ago this was in the papers here: Truck cameras capture appalling driving | Stuff.co.nz
There's a page of some of the videos captured here: Drivecam - videos - the-press | Stuff.co.nz
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