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Re: Driving Pet peeves
In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.950618110315.8824A-100000@paul.spu.edu>, Dai F Toyama
<borap@paul.spu.edu> says:
>
>On Wed, 14 Jun 1995 michaelj@relay.relay.com wrote:
>
>> 5) People who leave WAY too much space in front of them at lights,
>> eating up space so that the left turn lane becomes blocked, forc-
>> ing people turning left to wait another cycle.
>>
>
>I don't know how much is 'way too much' for you, but I think it's
>usually a good practice to leave enough space between you and the car
>in front. There's always the danger of someone ramming into you from
>behind, pushing your car forward...
Way too much for me would be more than is necessary to guard against such
an event. I see people who leave two or more car lengths at lights. When
traffic is heavy, chances are that 1/2 car length is adequate. Especially
once there are three-four vehicles behind you.
Michael Johnson, Relay Technology, Inc.
michael@maine.maine.edu, michaelj@relay.relay.com
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