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In the next following paragraphs I will explain each of the topics that I have listed and I will give you a better knowledge of how to be a safer driver. When you are driving you always have to be alert and have your eyes all over the road. Being that no one can foretell the future you never know what is around the corner. At any given time an accident can occur and if one does and your are in close range of it, it is up to you to stop in enough time to avoid the accident and to avoid one of your own. This act of avoiding an accident all depends on your response time. Your response time in the amount of time a person requires before they can act. Your response time has a direct impact on your driving. As you know it takes time to realize the situation and then more time added to that to actually respond to the whole situation. If you are not quick to act, then most likely you will be apart of the crash. That is why getting a better knowledge of your response time is very important because it can save your lives as well as others. As well as knowing your response time it is also important to know the safe following distance. A safe following distance is about two whole cars. But, when going different speeds it can vary. If you are just driving through Bronxville or any other small village where the speed limit is about 30 then it is ok to be about one car length away. This is a safe position because the speed is not that fast and in an accident did occur then you would have enough time to stop. On the other hand if you are on a high way then the car space between you and the car in front of you should be two-three cars in length. The reason for this is because when you are going at speeds from 45-65, if you have to slam on the brakes right away because you are too close to a car then most likely you will go through the windshield or you will make the accident worse. This is why it is important to know what a safe distance from the car in front of you is from different situations. Like I had mentioned before your stopping distance and how much time you have to stop depends on the speed that you are going. If you are going faster obviously your stopping distance will be lesser then if you were going slower. This is a fact because the faster you go the less time you have to react because when you break your car will still go forward a bit because it is going at such high speeds. That is why you should never speed and you should always stay at a safe distance from the car in front of you as I have mentioned before. The next thing that I am going to talk about is a how to decided what to do at a yellow light. How you decided what to do at a yellow light is first try to determine how far away you are from the yellow light and how fast are you going at the time. The zones that you must become familiar with are the stop zone and the go zone. The stop zone is when you are far enough from the yellow light that you have enough time to stop and you will be in a safe area. The go zone is when you are too close to the yellow light and you can not stop safely which means you must go through the yellow light. Thus, as long as you get your bearings together and you are able to decipher how far away you are from the yellow light and if the yellow has just turned to yellow then I am sure you won’t have any difficulty at yellow lights. The last topic that I am going to inform you about is why it is important to change your speed while going around a curve. It is important to decrease your speed while going around a curve because you need friction to go around them. If there isn’t a lot of friction on the road, and you decided to take a tight turn at high speeds then most likely you would end up flipping your car over or getting into an accident that could have been avoided. Also, if there is bad weather and you are going to fast around a curve most likely you will wind up either spinning out or skidding either causing an accident once again or damage to your car. Thus, it is important to lessen your speed while you are going around a curve. I hope you both take this seriously and remember all of these tasks while driving. It will help save your life as well as others as I have mentioned before. So, take this information and drill it into your head so no tragedies will occur from poor judgment. Bibliography: Word Count: 922
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