BC Class 5&7
Large vehicles and their blind spots
ICBC's driving guide: Sharing the road
Large vehicles behave differently from cars, and most of the rules for sharing the road with them come down to space.
Following distance. A big vehicle blocks your view of what is ahead of it. More following distance buys back the vision you lost. In rain it also keeps their spray off your windshield and their tires' stones off your paint.
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Practice questions on this card
- Q-0233How can you tell whether the driver of a truck ahead can see you?
- Q-0234You are stopped facing uphill behind a large vehicle. What should you allow for?
- Q-0235A truck is backing into a loading bay across your path. What should you not do?
- Q-0236Why does following a large vehicle at a longer distance help you?
- Q-0237You see a slow-moving vehicle sign on the back of a vehicle ahead. What does it call for?
- Q-0238A truck displays a Wide Load sign. What does that tell you?