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Actually leaving lots of room in front of your car (1-2 car lengths in stop-and-go traffic) is very safe and makes traffic flow smoother. It "evens out" the st
by chadgeidel 15y ago
Actually leaving lots of room in front of your car (1-2 car lengths in stop-and-go traffic) is very safe and makes traffic flow smoother. It "evens out" the stop and go part of stop and go traffic.
If you have a manual transmission, It's almost mandatory - take a look at large trucks in stop-and-go traffic, they attempt to "idle through" because stopping and restarting a heavy vehicle is fuel-inefficient.
- stretchwithme 15y agoAnd that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about those who leave 25 car lengths ahead of them when traffic is moving so they can text or blog or do whatever is taking their attention off their driving. How much space they think they need depends on how frequently they decide to look at the road.
- chadgeidel 15y agoWow - that is quite a bit. I've never seen that personally.