Space management — Kentucky Permit Test

The more space a Kentucky driver allows between their vehicle and other road users, the more time they have to react.

Space is time. That is the whole of what a space cushion buys.

The more space you allow between your vehicle and other roadway users, the more time you have to react.

A Kentucky space cushion on the sides of the vehicle allows a driver to move right or left.

A car boxed in on both sides has nowhere to go when something happens in front.

A space cushion on the sides of your vehicle allows you to move right or left.

A Kentucky driver should avoid driving on either side slightly to the rear of another vehicle, because that is the other driver's blind spot.

Sitting there means the driver alongside will change lanes into the space.

Try to avoid driving on either side slightly to the rear of another vehicle.

A Kentucky driver in another driver's blind spot should either speed up or drop back rather than remain there.

Staying put is the one choice that leaves the car invisible.

Either speed up or drop back, but do not remain in another driver’s blind spot.

Kentucky tells drivers to avoid crowding the center line marking and to keep as much space as possible between themselves and oncoming traffic.

The oncoming driver only needs to drift a foot for the two cars to meet.

Avoid crowding the center line marking. Try to keep as much space as possible between you and oncoming traffic.

A Kentucky driver keeps the driver behind at a safe distance by keeping a steady speed, signaling in advance, and keeping more space in front before slowing or turning.

The space in front is what lets the car slow gently instead of braking hard.

However, you can help keep the driver, behind you, at a safe distance by keeping a steady speed, signaling in advance, and keeping more space to the front of your vehicle before reducing speed or turning.

When a Kentucky tractor trailer passes, a driver leaves a little more space by moving to the outside portion of their lane and keeping away from it.

The air a truck pushes will move a small car sideways as it goes past.

When a passing vehicle is a tractor trailer, leave a little more space between you and that vehicle by moving to the outside portion of your lane.

A Kentucky driver keeps space between themselves and parked vehicles, because someone may step out or a vehicle may pull out suddenly.

A door opening or a person stepping out gives a driver almost no warning at all.

Keep a space between yourself and parked vehicles. Someone may step out of a vehicle or from between the parked vehicles, or a vehicle may start to pull out suddenly.

A Kentucky driver who has passed their exit on an interstate or freeway should never back up or try to turn around, and should proceed to the next exit.

Reversing on an interstate puts the car head-on into traffic doing seventy.

If you have passed your exit on an interstate or freeway, never back up or try to turn around.

What does allowing more space give a Kentucky driver?

More time to react. Space is time. That is the whole of what a space cushion buys. Kentucky Driver Manual, p.51: “The more space you allow between your vehicle and other roadway users, the more time you have to react.”