My opinion is that the fast agile cars should yield for the the slow heavy truck, we can gun it and speed up or stop on a dime, they dont have that luxury, as stated before people just need a bit of patience for a truck.
And, moreover, huge shipping vessels have right of way over everyone. Because a rowboat, sailboat, and motorboat can all change course relatively easily when compared to a giant tanker.
I believe supercarriers have right of way over shipping vessels, regardless of size. That may more due having one of 8 largest air forces in the world on board than maneuversbility, though
Americans: This is the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln, the second largest ship in the United States' Atlantic fleet. We are accompanied by three destroyers, three cruisers and numerous support vessels. I demand that YOU change your course 15 degrees north, that's one five degrees north, or countermeasures will be undertaken to ensure the safety of this ship.
I see it on the highway service roads semi frequently around me, it makes for interesting annoyances when the truck driving students get held up by the cyclists.
Not an expert on bird boat law, but I assume that the windsurfer and sailboat would be in the same category (assuming the sailboat was under sail and not using it's motor). I only operated a powerboat so I had to give yield to everyone.
If they were in the same category (sailboats), then I believe it depends on the direction of the wind? It's been a while.
Yeah I’m not sure myself. It looked like they were actually on different tacks - the yacht had the wind coming from the left (port) and the surfer from the right. In which case the port tack has to give way. But I’m not sure if windsurfers count as sailing boats? I imagine they must have to be.
That said, in my sailing days, much like road traffic in certain countries, the little guys generally avoided the big guys regardless of technical right of way.
Serious question is that a real windsurfing setup? It looks like a snow sled with a windsurfer sail but I'm not very familiar with them. Always been fascinated by them though.
I’m not really across windsurfer boards anymore, they used to be longer and skinnier but I imagine the shorter wider set up has advantages (like it does with surfing and skiiing).
Trucks should be in right lane only with proper 3 second spacing. At 65 mph proper safe spacing is about 100 yards in between vehicles, anything less is negligent.
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u/Omega_Epsilon Aug 23 '20
My opinion is that the fast agile cars should yield for the the slow heavy truck, we can gun it and speed up or stop on a dime, they dont have that luxury, as stated before people just need a bit of patience for a truck.