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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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[–] NikkiNikkiNikki@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Passing doesn't save much time when the city you're in has a ton of long red lights, There's a highway I travel daily, rather short 12 mile lap. People will absoluty blast past me going 20-30 above the speed limit, and then 10 minutes later they will be right infront of me at a red light. There's no point in making your ride so much more dangerous just to shave a few seconds off your time.

I also have people pass me, merge back in, and then brake hard to turn off pretty fucking often on this commute. It's insane what people will do.

[–] Poe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wow, that's a lot of driving! How many hours is your commute?

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[–] MooseGas@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I absolutely hate when cars turn left into the right lane.

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[–] MooseGas@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I absolutely hate when cars turn left into the right lane.

[–] noxy@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Your car 100% definitely has automatic headlights, so why the fuck are your headlights off in the middle of the night??

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