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Basic safe driving is easy if you observe the “Bubble.” Also known as the “cushion of air” and various other names, it means the space around your car that is free of other vehicles so you can see clearly and have room to move in whatever direction you need to. Sadly many drivers are not aware of the power the Bubble bestows on a good driver. If you are thinking about enrolling in a driving school you might want to ask before you sign up, “Does your driving school teach the Bubble?”.

Not long ago a woman was telling her friends that her car had been rear ended–again! After some discussion it became clear to everyone except the woman herself that she had been driving too close to the car in front of her. When that car stopped suddenly she responded quickly and stopped her own car.

The woman told her friends that since she did not hit the car in front of her she obviously had not been tailgating. Unfortunately the woman did not understand that her sudden stop which prevented her from hitting the car in front deprived the car behind of enough time to avoid hitting her. If she had only known, a bigger space in front of her could have saved her behind.

The ideal situation on a freeway is to be driving at a safe, comfortable, legal speed with the cars in front of you many car lengths ahead, no vehicles to ether side and none behind you.

Unfortunately, moments like this are rare as traffic behind you catches up and passes, eager to catch up with the cars ahead who are all slowing down for some known or unknown reason.

However, knowing about the Bubble involves more than just keeping open space around you whenever it’s convenient. It also means being aware of whatever space there is. It means checking behind and to the sides frequently and being aware of what other drivers are doing.

Try to imagine what the other drivers are thinking. If a car approaches you rapidly from behind where do you suppose that driver is planning to go when there is no more space between your car and his. If a car in the lane to your right is moving much more rapidly then the truck in front of it, what will the driver do when he reaches the truck? Do you suppose he is planning to change lanes? Will he move into the Bubble in front of you? Is there room for him to do it? There will be if you slow down a little and increase the space in front of you.

Of course you don’t want to. You would much rather see the jerk get what’s coming to him. But, since that would necessarily involve your safety and that of others you demonstrate what an alert, well-trained driver you are and prevent a collision. You then have the satisfaction of thinking how fortunate the other driver was that he pulled that stunt in front of you and not someone with a death wish. And then you silently ask that other driver, “Why doesn’t your driving school teach the Bubble?”.

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