Grandma or Grandpa taking a sunday stroll on a two-lane highway with no passing lanes.... or a tractor, or other big farm rig taking their good ole time in the main roadway without pulling over to let cars go by...
This morning on the Interstate, I looked over to my left and there was a woman in a brand new Cadillac doing 65-70 mph with her face up next to her rear view mirror putting on her eyeliner.
I looked away for a couple seconds to continue shaving and when I looked back she was halfway over in my lane, still working on that makeup.
As a man, I don't scare easily but she scared me so much that I dropped my electric shaver which knocked the donut out of my other hand.
In all the confusion of trying to straighten out the car using my knees against the steering wheel, it knocked my cell phone away from my ear and the phone fell into the coffee between my legs!
The coffee splashed, burned me, soaked my pants, ruined the phone and disconnected an important call.
Women should not be allowed to drive if they are that dangerous on the road.
A) People who drive the speed limit or under in the left most lanes.
B) People, who when stopped at stop lights, insist of keeping 1-3 whole car lengths between them and the car in front of them.
C) People, usually the same as B, who once the light turns green, allow the car ahead of them to get 50 feet down the road before they even start moving themselves.
D) People, similar to C, who start out really really slow but slowwwwlllyyy accelerate to actual speeding (more then 10 over the limit) which happens by the time your able to get in the other lane (since everyone was passing them initially) and then your not able to pass without risk of a ticket.
Randy - the above is called "leaving yourself an out". Granted some people leave too much; but involved in a rear-end accident that then knocks you into the person in front of you causes you to be a bit more cautious about how close you are to the vehicle in front. Also, have you ever been stopped behind a vehicle and they stalled. Then you are too close to be able to get around them safely? Professional drivers are taught to leave themselves an out.
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Randy - the above is called "leaving yourself an out". Granted some people leave too much; but involved in a rear-end accident that then knocks you into the person in front of you causes you to be a bit more cautious about how close you are to the vehicle in front. Also, have you ever been stopped behind a vehicle and they stalled. Then you are too close to be able to get around them safely? Professional drivers are taught to leave themselves an out.
I understand that, which is why the recommendation is 1/2 a car length. I was taught in drivers ed many many years ago that a good rule of thumb is to pull up close enough to were you can still see the back tires on the car in front of you. That is plenty of space to pull out to the side if you need too.
I understand that, which is why the recommendation is 1/2 a car length. I was taught in drivers ed many many years ago that a good rule of thumb is to pull up close enough to were you can still see the back tires on the car in front of you. That is plenty of space to pull out to the side if you need too.
Ohhhhh, I thought is was the tires of the car in front of the car in front of you! Oops, my bad.
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