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Mar 21, 2014Explorer
DustyWV wrote:BarbaraOK wrote:
And you leave enough space and sure enough someone pulls in in front of you - they slow down and you slow down to again leave enough space and the cycle keeps repeating itself over and over and over.
Barb
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You should maintain a safe following/stopping distance between you and next vehicle. That space will often go away because of passing vehicles, simply readjust and start all over again.
Safety first.
In theory, yes. In practice, it doesn't work. Drove semi for years. In heavy traffic, I would try to back off, and leave more room. Instantly, a car darts into that spot, and I am once again following too close. So, as I slow down again, and the space start to get close to enough, ANOTHER car darts into that spot.
If I was to keep slowing down, to maintain the proper distance, pretty soon I would be STOPPED in the middle of the road!
So, I would try to maintain as much distance as I could, without it instantly being filled by another car. NO WAY I could maintain more. The cars would not allow it.
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