Episode 346 – Survival Driving (Pt. 3 of 3): Escape & Evasion Driving Tactics
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THIS WEEK'S TRANSCRIPT
General Store. It's kind of that same like, yep, we've got it. We've got out. We share a
simple secret, you know that sort of thing. So I usually find that that usually and what I
find is that it gets ahead not back so it's kind of like, that's okay. We're we're cool our
tip number three when you're stopped in traffic at a light.
Or in traffic always give yourself options for escape. So for this don't try not to take the
Middle Lane where you get boxed in you always always stop where you can either get
off to the right or if there's enough room in the median to be able to get around traffic
that you can take that as well. But the middle and you can really get boxed in there.
Also, make sure that you can see the bottom of the vehicles rear tires in front of you
that's going to give you enough room to maneuver around them if
You can as well. And also when you come to a stop just take a quick scan to see
where your exit might be. So when you stopped in traffic, go ahead and just take take a
look around. You just look around like if I had to leave right here, where would I go? Is
there a curb there is a median. Is there traffic in another Lane is it, you know a busy
area is it you need to look around and see where your options for exit are there? All
right tip number four is to expand your
driving lane options to off the road. So most people most people's minds really
confined their driving options to just the roads. It's just that's where our brains are
right? We're just kind of its we think like cows on the road a lot of time. That's why you
know, some of those famous pictures of Hurricane Katrina evacuations where you
have cars that are at a dead stop because of broken-down Vehicles cars that ran out of
gas across like eight Lanes of highway, right? Like these like cars are not moving in
this evacuation.
But no one thinks to travel up the grassy median area in between those Lanes to
continue on the route. Of course, you have to be extremely careful, but you should
consider alternative driving routes also like depending on your vehicle. It might be
walkways front yards. Ali's even along like railroad tracks or power lines. If there are
options there one thing when you are doing this is to you have to be very conscious
about how curb.
Is can really kind of screw everything up for you. You you you can blow out a tire you
can you know, if you're going outside of your vehicle's limitations there again, you
could you could stall yourself there. You could you could crash or do something like
that and which case you know, you're a Sitting Duck. So there is a 45 rule what I say,
so you want to take a if you have to go over a curb you want.