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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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[–] grue 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sometimes, by failing to pull up to the stop bar, they don't trigger the loop detector and the traffic light skips us.

Another reason is that they could be blocking somebody from pulling into a turn bay, completing their turn, and continuing on their way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That makes sense, I had assumed the car would be 2nd in line or greater, and I suppose I'm also envisioning American roads, which in my area have plentiful space. In cities I can understand your PoV, or in an area where multiple lights chain together. Nonetheless, this is all very unscientific, and I feel the folks arguing aren't being specific enough. Thanks for your input.