Keeping pace — Kansas Permit Test

Kansas vehicles moving in the same direction at the same speed with adequate following distance cannot hit one another.

Crashes come from differences in speed, not from speed itself. Matching the flow removes most of them.

Vehicles moving in the same direction at the same speed with adequate following distance cannot hit one another.

Driving more than 15 mph slower than the Kansas traffic flow pattern can be just as dangerous as excessive speed, because it makes vehicles bunch up and causes other traffic to take greater risk to pass.

A slow car forces everyone behind into a decision they would rather not make. That is where the risk comes from.

Driving more than 15 mph slower than the traffic flow pattern can be just as dangerous as excessive speed.

If vehicles are bunched up behind a slow-moving vehicle in Kansas, that vehicle should pull over when safe to do so and let other vehicles pass.

The line of traffic behind you is a hazard you created. Pulling over once removes it for everyone.

If vehicles are bunched up behind a vehicle, the slow-moving vehicle should pull over when safe to do so and let other vehicles pass.

Excessive speed in Kansas does not save more than a few minutes an hour and often leads to high-risk decision making.

The time saved is almost nothing. What it buys instead is a series of decisions made in a hurry.

Excessive speed does not save more than a few minutes an hour and often leads to high-risk decision making.

What does Kansas say about vehicles at the same speed with adequate spacing?

They cannot hit one another. Crashes come from differences in speed, not from speed itself. Matching the flow removes most of them. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.60: “Vehicles moving in the same direction at the same speed with adequate following distance cannot hit one another.”