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Stopping in the middle of a busy highway is not safe. Cars come from behind much more quickly than anticipated. If one driver isn't paying attention and swerves
by cddotdotslash 5y ago
Stopping in the middle of a busy highway is not safe. Cars come from behind much more quickly than anticipated. If one driver isn't paying attention and swerves to avoid it, the car behind that could easily rear-end you.
As soon as the assistance team was dispatched, the car should have stayed where it was. Instead, it pulled out into a much busier road and stopped again.
- jfoster 5y ago> Cars come from behind much more quickly than anticipated. But that isn't what happened (or would typically happen) in this type of situation. Usually the car blocking the lane will be enough of an impediment that a queue of traffic will build up behind to overtake it. Cars at the back of the queue will be coming to a stop more gradually. Human drivers should not have critical failures just because there is an unexpected queue of traffic on the road.
- perl4ever 5y agoNot too long ago I was stopped on a straight and level four lane non-divided road at the end of a line of traffic. An SUV came to a halt normally behind me, and just as the line ahead of me started to move, they were rear ended by a car cruising at highway speed. Which pushed them into me, not only caving in the trunk but damaging the C-pillar area. This sort of thing happens all the time. And because of modern crumple zones and safety equipment, people have an excellent chance of living through it and doing it again.