Crazy Accident
I just wanted to relate an incident that happened to me a couple of years ago. There's another post about an accident that made me think about this one. I was towing a travel trailer down I-65 a...
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toedtoes wrote:I imagine it does work if there isn't much traffic. If the traffic is heavy, then the guy behind you will also slow down, and he'll most likely slow down a bit more than you do. And it will snowball and you'll have a slowdown in traffic for no real reason.
You don't have to slow down to 35mph to increase your following distance. At 70mph, a slight slow down for a few seconds (say to 65mph) will allow you to increase your following distance back to 3 seconds and not make a major impact on the cars behind you.
Seriously, try it before you knock it. It works. You may not like that it works, but it works.
And it would be worse if the guy behind isn't paying close attention, it does happen, and taps his brakes because he's closing too fast. Now you have a total mess, and, again, for no real reason.
Motorcycles are the best solution because you can easily filter through the heavy traffic.
