I’ll start. Stopping distance.

My commute is 95 miles one way to work, so I see a lot of the highway, in the rural part of the US. This means traveling at 70+ mph (112km/h) for almost the entirety of the drive. The amount of other drivers on the road who follow behind someone else with less than a car’s length in front of them because they want to go 20+ over the speed limit is ridiculous. The only time you ever follow someone that close is if you have complete and absolute trust in them, and also understand that it may not even be enough.

For a daily drive, you likely need 2-3 car lengths between you at minimum depending on your speed to accurately avoid hitting the brakes. This doesn’t even take into account the lack of understanding of engine braking…

What concepts do you all think of when it comes to driving that you feel are not well understood by the public at large?

  • JefflixEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Oh you probably mean they merge at the merge point? As they should? Maybe find other reasons to murder people, idk.

    For clarification I’m talking low speed congestion here. I don’t run people off the road at speed.

    Also I’m glad not to live in the US where merging can be met with murder apparently

    • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      No I’m talking about dumbass truckers literally running me off the road at highway speed, 70+ mph. By simply coming over into the lane where my car is already occupying the space.