7 tricks to teach you to avoid big trucks

7 tricks to teach you to avoid large trucks
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[Introduction] Driving on the highway and facing a large truck, how should we avoid it? In order to coexist peacefully with it, what about safe driving?



　　●Skill 1: Overtake as soon as possible if you can. In the process of driving, if you encounter a heavy truck in front of you and want to overtake, the correct method is: first drive away from the large truck about 100 meters away, observe the road conditions ahead, and Make sure that the road conditions ahead are good and the line of sight is good, turn on the overtaking turn signal, honk the horn, and flash the headlights, and observe the direction of the truck at the same time. If the truck isn't driving on the road and doesn't have a tendency to sway to the right, increase the throttle and quickly pass it. Do not merge to the driving lane immediately after passing, it is best to leave a distance of about 500 meters with the large truck and then return to the normal driving lane. During the whole process, be sure to hold the steering wheel tightly. When approaching the truck, the horn and strobe headlights must be performed at the same time, which are indispensable. Why do you do this? The purpose is to inform the truck driver that you are about to overtake. Sometimes the big truck cannot see your flashing light prompt due to overloading; there are also cases where you cannot hear the honking prompt due to its own noise, so the honking and flashing lights must be carried out at the same time, and it is best to do so during the whole process. Don't stop. Even if the lorry driver falls asleep, he can be woken up by the sound of the horn and avoid an accident. Do not blindly overtake in a curve or when the road conditions are not clear.

　　Reminder: Do not follow a full-loaded or unstable cargo truck. We often see full-loaded trucks on the highway. Many of these trucks are overloaded, and the weight of the cargo on the truck is not light. Therefore, when you encounter these vehicles, you must pass them. In addition, you should be quick when overtaking a truck, and always pay attention to the dynamics of the truck. It is the right thing to do when you encounter a truck on the highway and overtake it as soon as possible. However, in the process of overtaking, we must pay close attention to the direction of the truck. As mentioned earlier, the blind spot of a truck is much larger than that of a small car. When you overtake it, it may not be able to detect your presence.



　　Skill 2: Develop the habit of observing the condition of the truck from a distance. Observe the details to judge the condition of the truck. When encountering a truck on the road, we may wish to quickly observe these details: the orderliness of the goods, whether the vehicle is clean, the degree of damage to the body, tire condition, etc. Observing these details can be used as a basis for judging the condition of the truck and the driver's habits: the neatness of the goods indicates the management standards of the transport fleet; the cleanliness of the vehicle and less damage indicate that the driver cares for the car carefully (a careful driver is more reliable); the degree of newness of the tires is related Whether there is a danger of a tire blowout in the truck. It is not easy to observe these details, because a large truck in good condition will not become a "beast" that affects highway safety, and those trucks with dirty and damaged appearance are the source of danger.

　　Reminder: Generally speaking, the speed of a truck is much lower than that of the car you drive. Therefore, when you find a truck in front, you must observe carefully. Of course, you must concentrate on driving while avoiding other cars.

       　　

　　●Trick 3: When entering and exiting the tunnel, you must slow down and turn on the headlights. When driving a car, you must slow down when entering and exiting the tunnel, and turn on the headlights in advance, especially when following the truck. Because of the strong light outside the cave, the moment one enters the tunnel, the human eyes will have a short-term dark adaptation, and almost nothing can be seen; and when exiting the tunnel, due to the accustomed to the darkness, the eyes will be dizzy when they see the sunlight, and also There will be a short-term bright adaptation, and things cannot be seen clearly. Therefore, if a large truck is parked or repaired near the entrance of the cave, or the truck driver is out of control due to the light and dark adaptation, if the speed is too fast or the distance is too close, danger will inevitably occur.

　　Reminder: Before entering the tunnel, it is necessary to decelerate in advance, especially when there is a truck in front, even if there is no truck, if there is a truck in the tunnel, it is dangerous to drive at high speed and in the case of poor vision. Therefore, slow down Be sure to turn on the headlights at the same time. After the lights are turned on, the rear tail lights can also alert the vehicles behind that there are cars in front.

       　　

　　●Tips 4: Be careful when driving at night. Pay special attention to trucks driving at night. Trucks are often in poor condition due to poor maintenance, uneven lights or black smoke. Therefore, many taillights of trucks driving at high speed at night are weak, and the taillights are not even visible. Coupled with the black smoke of the exhaust gas, it will seriously affect the vision, and it is easy for people to have the illusion of heavy fog. Therefore, when driving at night, it is best to choose to drive in the passing lane. When encountering a sudden thick smoke, you should slow down immediately to avoid the danger of rear-end collision.

　　Reminder: Rain and snow are also high accident periods, especially at night. At this time, you must also pay attention to skills when overtaking a large truck, because the water mist rolled up by the wheels of the large truck will be very large, and following it or the side will make your windshield blurred, so when overtaking, in addition to honking, In addition to the flashing lights, the state of the wiper should also be in a continuous working state, it is best to increase one or two gears under normal conditions.

       　　

　　●TIP 5: Try to avoid driving on the right side of large trucks for a long time. Do not drive on the right side of large trucks for a long time. Large trucks are much larger than family cars. Driving side by side with them is not only very oppressive, but also unsafe. Trucks Due to the large blind spot, it is easy to ignore the car next to you. This situation is similar to when a car encounters a concrete pile with a lower height. If the concrete pile is in the blind spot, the car will also be easily attacked.

　　Reminder: The blind spot on the right side of the large truck is larger than the left side. If we drive on the right side of the large truck for a long time, it will be very dangerous: if the large truck changes lanes to the right, the driver may not notice that there is a car on the right. In the event of a collision, it must be the car that suffers.

       　　

　　●Tips 6: Keep enough braking distance for temporarily following the truck. Keep enough distance to brake at any time when following the truck. If we have to follow the truck, we must keep enough distance to brake at any time. This is because the sight of the truck cab is high and far, and the truck driver can detect the situation ahead in advance. So, if the big truck in front brakes, no matter what the situation, we have to brake. At this time, don't take the opportunity to overtake. If a large truck brakes suddenly and causes loss of control, the closer the car is to it, the easier it is to fall victim to its "big sweep".

　　Reminder: What is a sufficient trailing distance? According to the "Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China", when the vehicle speed exceeds 100km/h, the safe distance between vehicles shall be more than 100 meters; when the vehicle speed is lower than 100km/h, the minimum safe vehicle distance shall not be less than 50 meters. If you feel that the distance is difficult to judge, you can follow the old driver's "three-second distance" method. Start when the previous car passes a certain marker and count for three seconds. If your car reaches the marker after three seconds, it means that it is within a safe distance; if it reaches or passes the marker within three seconds, it means that the safety distance is not enough.

       　　

　　●Tips 7: When being followed by a truck, you must change lanes in time. This is because the process of accelerating and upshifting is quite cumbersome for the heavy trucks currently driving on domestic highways due to the large number of gears. Therefore, once the speed of large truck drivers increases, they rarely change their minds to slow down. Most of them avoid obstacles through driving experience and skills, and they naturally use less brakes. This is the root cause of the hidden danger of accidents. . If the judgment is wrong, everything is unpredictable. Therefore, the braking of trucks is not as easy as that of small cars, especially those large trucks with modified braking systems. When you see the big truck in the rearview mirror, don't think about it, change lanes and leave the lane where the truck is located as soon as possible; if the truck following you keeps honking and flashing the lights, you will Don't think that the big

　　truck is domineering and occupy the lane and fight with it, because it may have failed to brake, and it is so "domineering" that it is actually warning the car in front to avoid it! one reason. Because the kinetic energy of the general overloaded truck is quite large, the effect of the brake is relatively weakened. Coupled with the overspeed, the brake is far more burdened than its own ability. Therefore, accidents such as brake failure of trucks that are often seen appear in this way. There are also long-distance truck drivers who will inevitably experience fatigue and lack of concentration due to long-term and long-distance driving. What's more, they dozed off while driving, especially when the road is wide and straight, or the When going downhill, truck drivers are most prone to visual paralysis and cause tragic accidents. Therefore, once you see a large truck behind you, it is the best choice to go with the gas pedal.