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> A) your car was tailgating if you couldn't see those stones soon enough to stop before hitting one. That's not the case. At any distance you can't see the ro
by nl 4y ago
> A) your car was tailgating if you couldn't see those stones soon enough to stop before hitting one.
That's not the case. At any distance you can't see the road in front of the car in front of you (assuming equal height cars).
As the OP noted "One of those boulders that hit his tires flies off towards us, but luckily we veer and it misses." - this could happen no matter how far away you are.
- lmm 4y ago> At any distance you can't see the road in front of the car in front of you (assuming equal height cars). Which is exactly why you should leave enough stopping distance. > "One of those boulders that hit his tires flies off towards us, but luckily we veer and it misses." - this could happen no matter how far away you are. It could, but you should be driving slowly enough and leaving enough space that you have time to react to it.
- naikrovek 4y agothank you. there is always a car in front of you. always, unless you are the very first driver on the brand new road. keep enough distance from the car ahead of you that you can see the road surface far enough ahead that you can stop. if you need to see in front of the car ahead of you to have enough stopping time, you are following far too closely.
- afiori 4y agoThe boulder was likely moving far slower than the car ahead and reasonable stopping distance assumes that your obstacle is the car in front of you not an hidden stationary object on the road. I find it infuriating how much people ignore safe stopping distances but recommending excessively cautious behavior just introduces more chaos on the road.
- naikrovek 4y agoAdvocating for following at a safe distance introduces havok on the road? seriously?