> without some bastard deciding to sneak in and occupy it Unfortunately, this. It sucks to keep a larger gap, have some idiot sneak in, and now you have to bra

> without some bastard deciding to sneak in and occupy it Unfortunately, this. It sucks to keep a larger gap, have some idiot sneak in, and now you have to brake to maintain the distance again, repeat. FWIW, I am very careful to maintain distance just for situations like the one in this post.