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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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