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Shoulder Phobia


As stated earlier, the reason most drivers crowd the centerline is they are terrified of hitting the shoulder. Once you learn the vehicle boundaries and drive with your body in the center of the lane, you are less likely to have a head-on or sideswipe by crowding the left side of your lane.

The thunder of stones under your vehicle is one of the scariest things that can happen when you’re not expecting it. If by chance, you do hit the shoulder due to inattention or having dozed off, here are the steps.

1. Grab the wheel firmly at 9 and 3 o’clock positions.
2. Refocus on where you are.
3. Possibly lift off the throttle.
4. DO NOT hit the brakes.
5. DO NOT swerve back onto the roadway.
6. When you’re ready and have regained composure.
7. Deliberately and with a firm, small steering correction, steer back onto the roadway.

Many single vehicle accidents and fatalities happen when the driver panics, swerves and loses control either by rolling, or by shooting over into oncoming traffic.

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When your vehicle veers off track, turn the width of your hand OR 1/8th turn maximum, bump into neutral, wait. More than that and the vehicle is less likely to respond because there is too much steering for the traction available.

Remember Discipline, otherwise you will swerve when the wheels finally grab.
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