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[–] 39 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)

Had a guy losing his fucking mind behind me in bumper to bumper traffic. I always like to keep about 1.5ish vehicle length (obviously not a real metric, just a guess) between me and the person in front in case people need to switch lanes or if I'm hit from behind.

When I say the guy behind me was mad, he was fucking LOSING it. He was screaming, he was flailing his arms, he was beating on his steering wheel, he was honking a shit ton.

He eventually just cut the lane beside me and the person next to me, just to get into the 30 feet of empty space in dead slow traffic. No idea why he thought this would somehow make any difference.

I honked at him several times just to fuck with him

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    My father taught me to leave enough space in front of me in case of being hit, but also in case I need to get out of the line for some reason. I've had to get out of line a number of times over the years due to accidents. I have 3 routes I can take to get to work, so once I realize there's an accident I can just turn around and go another way. Works out well, but sure does piss off people behind me sometimes.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Most importantly, you need enough space to account for your reaction speed + the time your vehicle takes to brake. On slow traffic that's one or two cars but as you approach highway speeds it's like 15, which no one observes. And higher during snow or rain.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    There's something like a spring effect, you should try to keep the same distance between the car in front of you and the one behind you, watch this it's very informative: https://youtu.be/iHzzSao6ypE

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Most importantly you should do your best to drive at one, single, steady, speed, and not stop and go. In civilised countries that kind of thing gets taught in driving lessons, three or four people acting correctly can dissolve a traffic jam.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    We (United States) were taught this in 1987 when I took drivers ed at school. When my oldest got her license there was no longer a driver's ed course. Must have cost more than the conservatives wanted to pay.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    As if ..... Where's he going? That many feet changes nothing. I live in a city famous for leaving a lot of space between cars, there are memes about it. So for this thread I'll explain a couple of why's:

    1. Me personally , it became a habit when car jackings became a possibility. A less easy target mentality.
    2. Insurance is crazy high here and so ,as you mentioned, the not being forced into the car ahead of you .
    3. There have been multiple shootings in road rage in this city over the last year. Everyone kinda wants space and eyes on others or what may be happening, room to react or move. Also not into riding a cars bumper and maybe causing another incident.

    I'm sure there are as many reasons as there are people, but these are the obvious ones.

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