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When crossing or entering traffic from a side road in a CMV, why do you need a much larger gap than a car?

Commercial vehicles are more visible so they need more room for other drivers to see them CMVs accelerate more slowly and take up more space, so you need a larger gap to safely enter traffic flow CMVs have better brakes so they can afford to take smaller gaps This is only true for vehicles over 80,000 pounds GVW

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CMVs accelerate more slowly and take up more space, so you need a larger gap to safely enter traffic flow

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