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"The driver was following the pilot car too closely: more than half the recommended distance for adequate response (400 feet, or a five-second response time, in
by fnj 10y ago
"The driver was following the pilot car too closely: more than half the recommended distance for adequate response (400 feet, or a five-second response time, instead of the recommended 865 feet, allowing for a 10-second response time)."
Er, that's less than half the recommended distance. How did the copy editor let that through?