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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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[–] reddig33 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Getting up to speed to merge. Don’t stop on a highway on-ramp. If there’s a car in the lane you want to be in, then speed up to get in front of that car, or slow down and get behind it. There’s no “stop in the middle of the road to let you in” on a freeway.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I swear I've seen more people merge on to a 65 road at 45 than I have at 65

[–] derpysmilingcat 5 points 1 year ago

Where I am this seems to only be capable by people who work at NASA as everyone else can't seem to grasp the concept at all. I've seen people crawl off the ramp into 70+ mile an hour traffic, not get over until they're damn near in the dirt, even if they have a shit ton of space to merge or slow down while on the freeway to 35mph then get onto the off ramp to exit.

Why is this such a damn hard concept??