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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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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Double lane roundabouts.

You only use the fucking outer ring right before you want to exit. If you want to exit on the 3rd, you go inside, so others can come in in the first and the second. Otherwise it just becomes a very expensive single lane roundabout.

[–] TeckFire 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Roundabouts in the US are a nightmare. Not sure how it is in the rest of the world, but it is complete ass over here. Nobody uses them correctly, I swear

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

im pretty sure at least single lane roundabouts are good in australia

[–] mcqtom 3 points 1 year ago

I swear where I am nobody understands how little time you spend going around the loop once, instead of stopping dead and plugging up the roundabout while some pedestrians go by.

[–] SirQuackTheDuck 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Double lane? Try quad-lane turbo-roundabouts. They're something no theory ever prepares you for, but the dumber you go in, the better yo come out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Still nothing compared to the magic roundabout in Swindon.

That is 6 roundabouts in one.