KITTYONFYRE t1_j82ic5w wrote on February 11, 2023 at 3:32 AM

Reply to comment by TheArchitec7 in Can we stop with the antagonistic road rage bullshit on 89 please by whaletacochamp

No. Absolutely not. It is 100% the fault of the following driver, every time. What if a moose runs in the road, or any of a billion situations you can imagine emergency braking being necessary? If you're that far up someone's ass that then slamming on the brakes ends up with you rear ending them, give some more fucking following distance.

3 seconds absolute minimum.

TheArchitec7 t1_j82lqnz wrote on February 11, 2023 at 4:02 AM

I agree that a lot of people follow way too close. 1 car length per 10MPH is a good rule. So giving at least 100ft on the highway is appropriate. But brake checking is different. The assholes who do it pull in front of you and then slam on their brakes. If they do it too aggressively there is literally no time to adjust to an appropriate distance because they merge into your lane and immediately brake. Causing an accident because of brake checking like this is 100% the brake checkers fault.

epadafunk t1_j83sq19 wrote on February 11, 2023 at 12:51 PM

At 65 mph 100 feet is only slightly more than 1 second travel time. No way is that a truly safe following distance on the highway