ChloeLeClair

Article Evaluation

Safe driving is something that always needs to be talked about. In drivers ed they talk about various tips and tricks to remain a safe driver. One of theses tips is to always keep a following distance of at least 2 seconds. Since this is such a useful rule I wanted to see if Wikipedia's article on the two second rule was adequate. I visited the Two-second rule article on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: a minimal number of citations, a dead citation, and a forgotten link to the Defensive driving page."

Facts Not Cited

As I was looking over the page I noticed that there were a couple facts that had no reference or citation to where the information came from. It made me wonder about the integrity of the article as it sounded reliable but had very few citations. Only five facts were cited out of the whole article which was neutrally based. A neutrally based article needs to have sufficient enough references to keep the reliability of the neutral/factual view point. There are six resources, however, two are used for the same citation and one is dead. I looked a couple of the citations and one of the references did not back up the person's claim. However, there are a few external links on this page so they do give the read the opportunity to find more information about the topic.

Dead Citation

Out of the six citations I found a broken citation to a PDF article. The article seemed to be the most reliable source, which was from Darmstadt University of Technology. When you click the link to the pdf an error page pops up limiting you from going any further. This shows that although the article was edited in the last year it has not had its sources checked in a substantial enough time that some of the links are broken.

Defensive Driving page

The two second rule is a staple of the defensive driving technique. It is taught in defensive driving schools as well. The Defensive driving page has a link to the Two-second rule page, however, the two-second rule page does not have a link to the defensive driving page. Although it does mention that the rule comes from the teaching of defensive driving it does not give the reader the opportunity to visit the wikipedia page on the topic itself.

Summary

In the generalized view of this article I would rate it as alright. It has some good information, however, it is not adequately resourced. I would love to see the article updated to have more references to other similar pages so that its information would be more wide read.

Bio

About me

Hello, thank you for visiting my Wikipedia user page. My interests include anything related to the outdoors. I enjoy playing sports (noncompetitively), biking, paddle boarding, skiing, and travel. I usually like to do these activities with my friends, or siblings on the weekends. Turning exercise into a social activity can help with the motivation to keep exercising. Although I might not be very skilled or be in the best shape, I find that physical activity of any kind is extremely beneficial. When you exercise it not only improves your physical state, but it also improves your brain heath.

My Wikipedia interests

As a Wikipedia volunteer I would like to contribute by fact checking and updating pages. Some pages have false information that are not supported by outside research. As a member of the Wikipedia community I would do research on these topics and edit the articles to be up to date with current research. This would turn Wikipedia into a more reliable site with less informational errors.