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Little known fact: You can travel the exact speed of the car in front of you while also being any distance N behind them. If I'm traveling greater than 50MPH,

Little known fact: You can travel the exact speed of the car in front of you while also being any distance N behind them. If I'm traveling greater than 50MPH, I leave at least 3 car lengths between me and them, this is to allow for reaction time to stop at the same rate they are stopping.

scruple 4y ago
In California that just means that in the span of 15 seconds 3 other cars are going to move in front of you and the car that was ahead of you.
- anikom15 4y ago
  Why does that matter at all? Just slow down to get more space whenever that happens.