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Traffic enforcement effort will target tailgating


May 6, 2009
May 6, 2009

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The Marion County Sheriff's Office will conduct a traffic safety project Friday aimed at cutting down on drivers who follow other cars too closely, officials said.



From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the sheriff's traffic-safety team will focus on enforcement of Oregon's "two-second" rule on Cordon Road NE, said sheriff's spokeswoman Lt. Sheila Lorance.
According to Oregon Revised Statute, drivers are following too close if it is not "reasonable" while considering speed of traffic and road conditions, Lorance said.
Courts have further defined that following another car closer than two seconds is unsafe. Drivers should pass a stationary object no sooner than two seconds after the back of the car they are following, Lorance said.
The buffer gives just enough time for a driver to react if something happens, which can in some cases prevent crashes.
An average reaction time is about 1.5 seconds, Lorance said, which does not include the time it takes to stop a car.
— Stacey Barchenger

[OldGoat]

thx

hopefully this will pad their count, early in the month, so they can chill for the next 3 weeks . . .

This Sheriffs deputy will also cruise I-5 with Ka (when not looking for tailgaters)