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Originally Posted by techweenie
I agree. The guy riding my bumper was off riding someone else's bumper minutes later. I think if it's related to anything, it's related to vehicle mass. I don't think the bumper-riders follow large vehicles quite as closely. In So Cal, Porsches are rather common. They don't draw a lot of attention.
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When they follow a small car they can see above them and far away, so to judge stopping distance is much easier then following a bus. That's why little cars get tailgated so much more them larger ones. People fail to understand that. Bicyclist get this crap all the time. They are going 15-20 on the street, the car or driver is sitting right on the rider's tail only because he can see ahead and can react much faster (only if they pay attention without looking at the goddamn big screen TV in the middle of the dash) then the rider so they ride his ass. I tailgate, but not riding the guy's bumper. Its definitely not so many seconds like I should in the driver's handbook. In tight flowing traffic around here, if you don't do this, you will never get anywhere.