Looking forward for Factors, Traps, and Escapes can be helpful to prevent crashes, but the Factors of your riding environment can change and vary. Are you seeing all the factors?
Safety Margin is extremely important. In less than Ideal conditions, we must account for the unknown. Pavement/road conditions can affect traction and the ability to avoid crashes. How much time and space do you have to respond to dangerous surface conditions?
The minimal following distance of 4.0 seconds is recommended when conditions are less than Ideal.
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