Speed, distance & stopping distance

Rear-end collisions on motorways are mainly caused by technical vehicle defects, not by driver behaviour.

False
True

Correct answer

False

Explanation

trap: looking for the cause in the vehicle. Book p.124 - 'too tight a following distance (combined with distraction or fatigue) is THE cause of the large number of rear-end collisions on motorways.' The book points to driving behaviour, not technology

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