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scott wrote:
> Sure, and you have a 4 second gap so can come almost to a complete stop
> without hitting them. Even if the guy behind you is only leaving a 0.5
> second gap, he is *not* going to be faced with a stationary car in 0.5
> s,
No, he's going to be faced with a stationary car in 3.5 seconds. And the guy
have a second behind him will be faces with a stationary car in 3 seconds.
Then 2.5. Etc. See what I'm saying?
By slamming into the person in front of you, you have eliminated the braking
time you're claiming protects the person behind you.
> Taken to the extreme, assume everyone is leaving a 0.5 second gap, but
> you are the only one leaving a 10 second gap.
Yep.
>> Yes. Sadly, most people around here are really bad drivers.
>
> Here in Germany the average seems to be a pretty high standard, but you
> still get the odd few.
My main peeve is most people just don't look ahead, at least on the east
coast. On the west coast, they seem a bit better.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Eiffel - The language that lets you specify exactly
that the code does what you think it does, even if
it doesn't do what you wanted.
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