Margin of safety and adjusting — North Carolina Permit Test

Keep a margin of safety by staying clear of other vehicles, driving at a steady speed and signaling well ahead when slowing; if another vehicle follows you too closely, move to another lane and signal for the driver to pass.

You cannot make a tailgater back off, but you can get out of their way. Once they are past, the danger goes with them.

If another vehicle follows you too closely, move to another lane and signal for the driver to pass you.

When you must deal with two or more unavoidable dangers at once, give the most room to the greatest or most likely danger; a child on a bicycle is more likely to make a sudden move than an oncoming car.

The oncoming driver will hold their lane. The child might not. Room goes to the one you cannot predict.

The child is most likely to make a sudden move, so give the child more room.

If two dangers are equally hazardous, such as oncoming vehicles and parked vehicles, stop and let the oncoming vehicles pass before going on.

When there is no room to give to either side, the answer is to wait for one of them to go away.

If the dangers are equally hazardous, such as oncoming vehicles and parked vehicles, you should stop and allow the oncoming vehicles to pass safely before proceeding.

A car is tailgating you. What does the handbook recommend?

Change lanes and let them pass. You cannot make a tailgater back off, but you can get out of their way. Once they are past, the danger goes with them. North Carolina Driver Handbook, p.69: “If another vehicle follows you too closely, move to another lane and signal for the driver to pass you.”