It’s a hard job, but someone has to tackle futility..... :)
LOL
You know, surprisingly there are very few accidents due to the packed cars. When we were taught to drive they told us one car length for every ten miles per hour, OR ELSE.
The or else is very few accidents in reality.
If you consider the numbers of cars and the numbers of accidents, we’re talking a very small number of accidents percentage wise.
What they never figured out, is that the car in front of you can’t stop on a dime. When it starts to slow down, you start to slow down too. Generally the guy behind can react in time to avoid impact. If you’re watching traffic ahead, which you have to do in heavy freeway traffic, you see the slowing ahead and account for it.
One of my pet peeves is the guy that breaks hard with a big gap in front of him. You’re watching traffic ahead, and this person is standing on the brake like he’s inches for an impact. It’s hard to avoid folks like that.