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Oct 16, 2019 | 03:22 AM

#16

BlackOps450

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From: Annapolis, MD

***** happens, ins. Will take care of it, at least their were no serious injuries. Any pics?

Oct 16, 2019 | 03:45 AM

#17

NStorm

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From: Corn Country, Kansas

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Originally Posted by Y2KW57

Whenever I start counting the cars who have jumped into my increased following distance, I instead switch to counting the number hours it will take for the highway patrol to arrive on the scene, interview the drivers, investigate the incident, and file their report. I then start counting the number of days it will take for the body shop to schedule the repairs. Then the number of weeks I will be in a rental car waiting for them to finish the job. Then the number of months it might take me to recover from injuries. Then the number of years an at fault accident will appear on my driving record. Then the number of dollars my insurance premiums will go up as a result of losing my good driving discount.

And while I pause to calculate the ramifications of all this counting... a few more cars zip into my following distance. A half second for each car. I wave a few more in. 30 more seconds is nothing compared to what I just added up.

That's a great flowchart there...I do something similar every time I'm pulling horses. People are nuts behind the wheel, not thinking about what's coming up behind them. Society has taught drivers that if they take a hit from behind it can't be their fault, so many use it as an excuse to drive irresponsibly...and 99% of people on the road have no idea or care what it takes to stop a load on a 15k+ SD...let alone a tractor trailer.

I'm going to use your seconds-years analogy with my son, he'll appreciate that.

OP- all will be well! Insurance will take care of you, and so will Ford!

Oct 16, 2019 | 06:20 AM

#18

Lariatdriver

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From: Nevada

A safe Following distance is hard to maintain with the present intensity on our roads. Hard automatic breaking will surely get you rear ended or your trailer destroyed. Time to buy a front and rear camera. Keep those cameras working. Finally, Try not to advertise you have a camera following the accident. Good luck OP.

Oct 16, 2019 | 09:09 AM

#19

Joe T

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From: Chaz

I learned in DriversEd 20 years ago (wow I’m old), that on average a person will be in an accident every 5 years on average.

Oct 16, 2019 | 11:48 AM

#20

Boasty

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Buy a take off bumper and grill and fix yourself for under 500. Your deductible is probably higher

Oct 17, 2019 | 10:45 PM

#21

2019er

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From: NC

Insurance should have the truck be like it was before the accident. That's what you're paying for.

On the highway while hauling the camper, I go 10 mph under the speed limit, in the right most lane of course. If I go 61 in a 70, I don't have to worry about people getting in front of me lol. But I never figured out why out in Utah where the speed limit is 80, there are people in cars going 50.

Oct 19, 2019 | 05:52 AM

#22

GABAR

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From: GA

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Originally Posted by 2019er

Just because the speed limit in the Utah is posted at 80, that doesn’t mean that people will or should drive at that speed.
As long as they’re in the far right hand lane and driving at the "minimum" posted speed limit, all is well.

Oct 19, 2019 | 07:48 AM

#23

2019er

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From: NC

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Originally Posted by GABAR

Agreed, as long as they're in the right lane. Just seems weird, 20 miles between exits, nothing to see, but 50 mph, not even much at the exits. I guess just out riding around getting stoned or something lol. Obviously don't have anywhere to be.