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What driving concept you feel that most drivers don't understand? (self.cars)

submitted 1 year ago by TeckFire to c/cars

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I’ll start. Stopping distance.

My commute is 95 miles one way to work, so I see a lot of the highway, in the rural part of the US. This means traveling at 70+ mph (112km/h) for almost the entirety of the drive. The amount of other drivers on the road who follow behind someone else with less than a car’s length in front of them because they want to go 20+ over the speed limit is ridiculous. The only time you ever follow someone that close is if you have complete and absolute trust in them, and also understand that it may not even be enough.

For a daily drive, you likely need 2-3 car lengths between you at minimum depending on your speed to accurately avoid hitting the brakes. This doesn’t even take into account the lack of understanding of engine braking…

What concepts do you all think of when it comes to driving that you feel are not well understood by the public at large?

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[–] carl_dungeon 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tailgating me wont make the car right in front of me go any faster. Aggressively cutting in front of the next car in line doesn’t get you to your destination any faster.

[–] ShittyRedditWasBetter -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Egh it does quite often.

I definitely have been in lines of assholes just blocking the posting lane. I'll then cut around all of them to get to second in line andaggressively honk and ride their ass and they'll move breaking the traffic.

Plenty of assholes are happy to sit behind another asshole and won't get their attention. But I will.

So yes, in many cases it 100% will get me there faster.

[–] TeckFire 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Assuming they’ll listen. I’ve seen pretty annoying groups of people clumped together with a slow mofo just cruising and 3-4 cars behind him. If you can’t get through to the guy in front, it does no good

[–] ShittyRedditWasBetter -3 points 1 year ago

Most folks will get out the way if you are willing to just lay on the horn. Do it long enough and the guy on the right will slow down for the asshole in front of you. I've been in maybe 2 situations where both lanes held positions in spite of me mechanically screaming get the fuck out of my way for 60 seconds.