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Zorluk: OrtaTraffic Calming and Road Surfaces

You are driving along a road where loose chippings have recently been laid following surface dressing. What action should you take to safely maintain vehicle control and protect other road users?

  1. A
    Follow closely behind the vehicle ahead to travel in its cleared tyre paths
  2. Reduce your speed and increase your following distance from the vehicle aheadCevap
  3. C
    Maintain your normal cruising speed and brake firmly if the vehicle starts to slide
  4. D
    Accelerate briskly past cyclists to avoid showering them with thrown stones

Cevap

Reduce your speed and increase your following distance from the vehicle ahead.
On roads treated with loose chippings, tyre grip is significantly reduced, meaning stopping distances increase and the risk of skidding rises. Slowing down and maintaining a larger gap from the vehicle in front provides ample room to brake smoothly and prevents loose chippings from being thrown up and damaging bodywork or windscreens.

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1
Assess the surface condition and reduced tyre grip
Recognise that loose chippings act like ball bearings under tyres, significantly increasing stopping distances and reducing steering traction.
Unstable road surfaces require proactive speed reduction before loss of grip occurs.
2
Adjust speed and following separation
Drive at a reduced, steady pace and leave a much larger safety gap behind the vehicle ahead.
This allows sufficient room to stop smoothly without harsh braking and minimises the hazard of loose stones damaging windscreens or injuring other road users.

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Adapting speed, braking, and separation distances on loose road surfaces
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