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Difficulty: HardSpace to the Sides

When operating on a two-lane undivided roadway where an oncoming wide-load transport partially encroaches over the center line while a cyclist occupies the narrow paved right shoulder ahead, the commercial driver should accelerate to pass the cyclist quickly to allow full lateral steering room for the oncoming transport.

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False, because commercial drivers must adjust speed to separate simultaneous side hazards rather than accelerating to squeeze past one while confronting another.
The statement is false because CDL space management rules require drivers to separate hazards by slowing down or stopping, allowing one hazard to clear before dealing with the other, rather than accelerating into a narrowed lateral corridor.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the dual lateral hazards present in the driving environment.
Recognized an oncoming wide-load vehicle encroaching from the left and a vulnerable cyclist occupying the right shoulder.
Both hazards concurrently restrict lateral clearance on opposite sides of the travel lane.
2
Apply the commercial vehicle defensive driving principle of hazard separation.
Determined that accelerating through dual lateral constraints increases collision risk and eliminates escape paths.
Commercial drivers must adjust speed to handle hazards one at a time rather than competing for limited side space.
3
Evaluate the proposed action against standard CDL side space management guidelines.
The statement prescribes accelerating past one hazard while closing distance with an encroaching hazard, which directly violates safety doctrine.
The correct defensive action is decelerating or stopping to let the encroaching transport pass before overtaking the cyclist.

Key Concept

Separating lateral hazards and managing side space cushions
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Topics

Space to the Sides

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