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Totally. People will just cut you off repeatedly, which puts you (and the cars behind you) in a less-safe situation than if you followed more closely.
by apparent 8mo ago
Totally. People will just cut you off repeatedly, which puts you (and the cars behind you) in a less-safe situation than if you followed more closely.
- ninalanyon 8mo ago> puts you (and the cars behind you) in a less-safe situation than if you followed more closely. Really? All you have to do is lift your right foot very gently until you have the expected spacing again, no need to sudden changes of speed and if you have traffic aware cruise control it will be done for you. My old Tesla S does it pretty well. I keep it set to three second spacing and when someone cuts in front my car just gently slows down until the spacing is correct again; it doesn't brake unless the car that cuts in is very close.
- apparent 8mo agoYeah totally works like that, until you get cut off 10 seconds later by another car. If this doesn't happen to you, then you're probably driving like I do, and not leaving 3 seconds of follow distance like they teach in driver's ed.
- ninalanyon 8mo agoI do keep three seconds separation most of the time. If possible I engage traffic aware cruise control set to maximum separation for just that purpose. People do cut in but not often; what would be the point of cutting in between two vehicles that are both going slower than your desired speed? Also perhaps I should have made it clear that I am in Europe where one is expected and required to drive in the outermost (rightmost except in UK and Ireland) lane unless overtaking so the only time anyone would 'cut in' between my car and the one in front is when they are entering a motorway.