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scott wrote:
> I don't follow your logic here, if you're leaving a 4 second gap to the
> car immediately ahead, you still have a 4 second gap no matter what the
> people are doing ahead of you.
You answered your own question:
> Of course in reality cars don't just instantly stop for no reason,
They do if they run into the person in front of them who is also already
stopped.
> anything ahead of the car immediately in front. If they fixed either of
> those two issues there wouldn't be any pile up.
If *everybody* fixes those two issues, there's no pile-up. If you're car
#150 of 300, it doesn't much matter whether you hit the guy in front if the
guys behind you don't leave enough root to stop.
> The key point is to be aware what is happening far enough ahead of you
> relative to your speed. Doing 200 km/hr can be safe if you check far
> enough ahead of you that it is clear (not just the one car ahead of
> you). If you can't for whatever reason then you need to slow down until
> you can see far enough for your speed.
Yes. Sadly, most people around here are really bad drivers.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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it doesn't do what you wanted.
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