Posted on 11/27/2017 1:44:30 PM PST by sparklite2
The inspiration for the research first came to Boreyko when he was sitting in traffic one day. Noticing that cars had to wait for the car in front of them to regain a safe spacing before they could start moving again, he hypothesized that, contrary to popular opinion, it might actually be better for cars to stop farther apart from each other when idling at a traffic light.
Analysis showed that the time required for all cars to pass through remained relatively fixed, give or take about one second, for spacing distances up to 25 feet.
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I had that happen in a car wash.
Some idiot put it in drive and put his foot on the gas
I use the pedestrian time-down intersection lights when I can see them. I wish they’d put time-down lights at all intersections in plain view so that we wouldn’t have to guess at how long we’ll have the green light.
I always leave a car length or two in front of me. If there’s any event, I want room for options.
Sort of like playing croquet on wheels, eh? LOL
An old lady riding a Harley rear ended you?.... : )
They are also assuming that everyone starts moving as soon as the light turns green, which they won’t.
It’s no different with people who will string out in long lines once they start moving. In the military you are taught to march because that is the most efficient way to move large numbers of people.
You are not a southerner, I take it. The only times that happens around here is when someone is too busy with her cellphone to notice the light change.
That was the EXACT situation I was in last evening on my way to work: the car in front of me in the left-turn lane stalled and couldn't restart. I had left enough room that I was able to go around the stalled car in the F-350 longbox crewcab.
A big reason why ya don’t want to sit directly behind the vehicle in front of you at a stop light, is because if any of those vehicles in front of you stall/breakdown, everyone following behind don’t have enough room to changes lanes to pull around them.
Watch the cops, they seldom ever pull up right behind the car stopped in front of them. There is good reason for this.
A big reason why ya don’t want to sit directly behind the vehicle in front of you at a stop light, is because if any of those vehicles in front of you stall/breakdown, everyone following behind don’t have enough room to changes lanes to pull around them.
Watch the cops, they seldom ever pull up right behind the car stopped in front of them. There is good reason for this.
I always leave a “buffer zone” because, in a world where car-jackings occur, I want to be able to maneuver out of harms way at jackrabbit speed if anyone aggressively moves towards my drivers door.
Sorry, I’m from Detroit. We are very assertive drivers. Not aggressive, assertive. Turn signals are a sign of weakness. It’s not tailgating unless the bumpers are touching. Speed limits are just a suggestion.
I live in Maryland now. People here can’t drive well, but at least they drive fast. Trying to teach them something new, like this guys idea or maybe how to drive in rain is an impossible dream.
Little rain, speed slows to a crawl and emergency blinkers turn on. I got caught in a hailstorm here. Everyone pulled to the side and just took it. I drove 1/2 mile and was out of the storm
“it might actually be better for cars to stop farther apart from each other when idling at a traffic light.”
yeah, good luck with that when stacking lanes for turns are already multiple times too short in numerous high-traffic venues.
You get. People who pull up right on the bumper of those stopped in front of them have no clue. It’s just bad driving habits. Drivers who know what they’re doing, always leave room.
Just like my posts here! I will reply to a comment, like this one, and discover that ten other freepers made the same reply as I did when I read down the thread;) Now, let's see if this time it happened again
With an F350 longbox crewcab you could have 4 wheeled over them;)
It’s called telegraphing your intention to change lanes by using your turn signal. The inexperienced will find everything time they do this, the AH’s in lanes to the right or left take up the gap so they can’t lane change in front of them.
They never bother me due to the techniques employed.
We all have so much in common on the road.
Like the pet peeve that the dummy going just 5 MPH over in the passing lane will not speed up to release the hounds of the wolf pack.
He thinks he’s upholding the law.
He is actually still speeding and causing many to sin, in that they are wishing him dead.
I just stay back to the right and watch hopefully from a bit of a distance.
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