scott wrote:
> Sure, but in most cases people can deal braking normally and stop 
> without crashing.  It's only once one person has crashed, then suddenly 
> everyone behind has to stop a lot faster so it kind of chain reactions 
> back. 

That's what I'm talking about, yes.

> It then only takes one car leaving a bigger gap to "reset" the 
> chain reaction and then people behind can brake in a normal manner again.

And that's why it's a good idea for it to be *you* leaving the bigger gap, 
yes? :-)

> Yes, but my whole point is if you leave a 4 second gap you are massively 
> reducing the chances that you slam into the person in front.

Well, sure.  I guess that's a reasonable gap.

Around here, I see lines of five to ten people all driving so close I 
couldn't parallel park between them if they were stopped. That's just assinine.

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