I was definitely seeing PB incidents closer to every 50-100mi, than 100-200mi.. but yes they are frequent enough in some road conditions its hard to believe peo

I was definitely seeing PB incidents closer to every 50-100mi, than 100-200mi.. but yes they are frequent enough in some road conditions its hard to believe people have never seen one. Further - I think it promotes bad tradeoffs that reduce safety. Like you, I sometimes ended up cruising with my foot over the accelerator to protect from being rear ended due to PB. This is exactly the opposite of driver instruction and what is logically safer. If we had to choose where to rest a foot in anticipation, the brake is the better place to be.