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This is the truth here. I also try to follow the letter of the law. I always assume that a brick wall may suddenly shoot up in front of the car in front of me,
by rhacker 8y ago
This is the truth here. I also try to follow the letter of the law. I always assume that a brick wall may suddenly shoot up in front of the car in front of me, stopping it instantly and killing everyone in it. So following closer than the recommended distance, is idiotic.
How often will a brick wall shoot up in front of a car like life is a video game? Probably a really low percentage, but cats, deer, blown tires, trailers falling off, jackknifing trucks - all can have similar effects.
Even knowing my car may get the brick wall, which I can't avoid, I can at least do the best I can to avoid someone else's.
Google's challenge however, is that we are in a very very small minority.
- camjohnson26 8y agoYou're a minority because following the letter of the law isn't always the safe decision. It's illegal to cross the double yellow lines, but if a car is pulled over on the shoulder then I'll cross the lines to give them more space. It's illegal but it increases safety for me and them.
- rhacker 8y agoI do safe, illegal things too, so good point in mentioning this. I should have clarified that I was mostly talking about speed limits, tailgaiting etc.. I was just picking up the above poster's phrase. I don't think I could accurately sum up my driving style in a phrase, but that's probably the best short way to do it.
- zamalek 8y agoAgreed, I definitely do illegal things - especially when there are cyclists on the road.
- solarkraft 8y agoUh, you run them over?
- zamalek 8y agoI cross solid yellow lines to give them more room than the law asks you to.
- reaperducer 8y agoIt's illegal to cross the double yellow lines No, that's just boolean programmer-think. I my state, at least, the law makes specific exceptions for things like this. Maybe the cars would do better if they were vetted against lawyers and not debuggers.