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Defensive Driver: The Most Important Quality Of A Defensive Driver

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The most important quality of the defensive driver is mental focus on the road and traffic situation. The defensive driver anticipates potential hazards when she notices specific cues that indicate there could be trouble ahead. Here are six of them:

You approach a traffic merge. Driving behavior is fairly predictable when traffic in front wishes to merge into your lane. At interstate on-ramps, traffic accelerate and commit themselves to merging into your lane. Allow enough space in front for them to merge, or move to the next lane over. A car stopped at T-intersection will likely want to merge into the space in front of you if it's sufficiently large. If the car's wheels are rolling, it's almost certain.

People checking their blind spot.

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