Pelican Parts Forums - One in Five not fit to Drive

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Originally Posted by Tim Walsh (Post 6057500)

This isn't quite the way to look at it. The minimum distance is closer to How many seconds do I need to keep in order to react to the leading vehicle's and out brake them. The only time you need to keep enough room to go from current speed to 0 between you and the car in front of you is if you're expecting them to go from the current speed to 0 instantly. On the freeway, this is exceedingly rare.

You must be from a state where they tie stuff down and go slow with it. They don't drop ladders, mattresses and refrigerators off their pick up trucks on the interstate, where you live?. What do you do if you come up on one of those with traffic to both your sides? I have had a close call with a 2 foot tall aluminum ladder in the 993 and once had to break and avoid a fallen motorcyclist in the road. He unfortunately was run over already by someone that must follow the 3 second rule.

IMHO distance from other cars is something that you get for free. Why follow closely if you can have a comfortable gap between you and the car in front of you? I drive more relaxed if I know I have more time to react. The only down side in LA traffic is that everyone sees those 4 car lengths you leave and they have to go fill it right away in the hope they may shave 1/3 of a second off their 2 hour commute.

George