Speed limits
The speed limit on the straight desolate paved road that goes past our place is 80 km/hr. The people who use the road drive whatever speed they please and for the most part it works fine ….. until you...
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rhagfo wrote:
Wow, how we digress!
Following distance, I like allowing enough space that I don’t need to be constantly watching the vehicle in front of me. I prefer to be looking a 1/4 mile or more ahead of me, I hate surprises! By looking well down the road I will see slowing, and or braking well ahead of me so I don’t need to be slamming on the brakes.
I see way too many lines of vehicles traveling at 60 to 70 mph less than a car length apart! This is how you get 30 car pileups!
Yes, much better to see the reason the car in front of you will slow down, before he starts to slow. But that does not help for say the deer that can't read the crosswalk sign.
Now once the tailgating gets tight enough that bumpers bump before the driver can hit brakes, it is better that they run real close together. When the first slows, the 2nd will hit while doing near the same speed.
