Don't piss off Old Guys(I'll be 64 next week and 65 is the new 50), we don't GAF and will mess up your day.Old man yells at cloud.
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Don't piss off Old Guys(I'll be 64 next week and 65 is the new 50), we don't GAF and will mess up your day.Old man yells at cloud.
as I explained earlier the right lane is much more dangerous because of vehicles slowing to exit the highway and cars and large trucks entering the highway causing slowdowns and rear end collisions. No way am I riding in the right lane. Traded in my 2012 Elantra and bought a RAV4 in November 2017 and 3 weeks later got rear ended on RT.2 on the way to work in the LEFT lane because of a truck entering the highway which caused a bottleneck. If I was in my Elantra I would have been injured, on my Beemer I'm dead. Drivers around here don't GAF, it's all about them.If someone is getting passed on the right, then they should take that as a sign that they shouldn't be in the left lane. If there is enough space on the right for someone to pass them, there is enough space for them to move over until they come up on the next person they want to pass. Whether they are going at the speed limit, over it, or twice it is irrelevant. Staying in the left lane to pass a number of cars is only valid if: 1) there is no space to move to the right between passes, or 2) there is no one behind me in the left lane. Anytime someone comes into my rear view mirror behind me in the left lane, it is time to get out that lane as a fast as safely possible.
I don't yell at clouds, they don't threaten me.Old man yells at cloud.
I'm not "clogging" up the lane, I'm leaving minimum 2 cars lengths between me and the vehicle in front of me at 70-80mph.
I'm not "clogging" up the lane, I'm leaving minimum 2 cars lengths between me and the vehicle in front of me at 70-80mph. I guess you didn't read my post, the speed limit is 55mph and I'm driving the same speed as every other driver in the left lane usually 70-80mph. So you advocate tailgating and driving to endanger?
When I took driver's education 60 years ago we were taught to stay back one car length for every ten miles per hour. So at 70 mph that would be seven car lengths - say 140 feet. Even that is not quite 2 seconds. So this two or three car lengths is pure folly, but we see it every day. And following too close causes far more accidents than speeding. With dashcam and a freeway equivalent of red-light cams this is now as easy to prove as speeding is with radar, so my opinion is the LEOs need to get to work on this.
And what is taught these days is "three seconds following distance" rather than two seconds...and more than that in difficult situations like snow or heavy rain.
This is all really academic. Around here leaving 4 vehicle spaces between you and the car in front I just the right distance for 5 to fit in
If there are rules, everyone needs to be on board with the rules.
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And what is taught these days is "three seconds following distance" rather than two seconds...and more than that in difficult situations like snow or heavy rain.
Basically, I agree with your conclusion. However, your analysis leaves out the fact that the vehicle in front of you cannot stop instantly. So with a 2 second gap between you and the car in front, one will have more than the 176 ft to stop in.2 second minimum is stated, but then a list of caveats is provided, which includes 99% of real world conditions, and a strong suggestion to double the minimum...... ~4-seconds
60 mph = 88 fps. So, in 2 seconds at you travel 176-ft. A good estimate of stopping distance at 60-mph is ~200+ ft. So, in my opinion, a 2 second following distance will not provide the necessary time/distance for an emergency stop.
... On busy highways, if you try to leave a gap large enough to be safe, people will continually change lanes to fill the gap. You will find yourself continually dropping back trying to open up a gap, hence traveling slower than the traffic. And that is not safe either.
Another issue that I don't see mentioned in this thread: On busy highways, if you try to leave a gap large enough to be safe, people will continually change lanes to fill the gap. You will find yourself continually dropping back trying to open up a gap, hence traveling slower than the traffic. And that is not safe either.