Speed limit

[Odds]

An awful lot of explaining gone on for such a 'simple matter'.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

and in his latest response he is arguing that I am right.
great now at least you are getting it, well some of it.

If you think you are right because you can control them, then you are badly wrong

 

[motorbiking]

give me an example of where I said you can control the vehicle behind?

You are either being dishonest or hard of thinking... again.

 

[Roy Bloom]

Funny how you poo-poo higher authorities when it suits you to.......

Just to make it obvious to one and all that it's a joke.
That one was for gnat.

Maybe I need to make it even more obvious that it was a joke.

Why do these comments always end up about me?
Do so many have a bee in their bonnet, they can't help themselves.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

If you give yourself more room in front then you can brake more gently than you'd otherwise need to, which gives the idiot behind more of a chance to brake without hitting you.

It's a way to protect yourself from the tailgating vehicle.

Yes. But there are times when you are being tailgated with nobody in front of you.

That space is therefore irrelevant , the person behind is still too close.

The only real choice is to let them pass. Nothing else, other than ignore them and brake as you need to

 

[Roy Bloom]

If you give yourself more room in front then you can brake more gently than you'd otherwise need to, which gives the idiot behind more of a chance to brake without hitting you.

It's a way to protect yourself from the tailgating vehicle.

If there's an unusually large gap in front of you, you can bet someone will try to take advantage of it, causing your to brake sharply. Which nullifies your atempts at minimsing the chance of being rear-ended.

 

[Odds]

Yes. But there are times when you are being tailgated with nobody in front of you.

The only real choice is to let them pass. Nothing else, other than ignore them and brake as you need to

Is Johnny2007 still following you in his Audi, old spink?

 

[carmanmemoranda]

give me an example of where I said you can control the vehicle behind?

You are either being dishonest or hard of thinking... again.

So you can't control them. At last !

No matter what you do they will still be too close

 

[motorbiking]

No examples then - just being dishonest.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Is Johnny2007 still following you in his Audi, old spink?

No, he has accelerated past me

 

[Roy Bloom]

Is Johnny2007 still following you in his Audi, old spink?

He's gone off at great speed.
Emoticons just for you, and anyone else who doesn't realise I'm joking.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

No examples then - just being dishonest.

Think about it. Slowing down on a road with nobody in front of you, doesn't mitigate the risk of the car behind being too close

 

[motorbiking]

If you have nothing in front of you, there is no real issue. If you have vehicles in front of you then add the stopping distance they haven't left, to yours by gradually increasing the gap. That way you avoid getting rear ended in the event the car in front of you has to stop suddenly.

The problem with the human brain is its fast reaction part (the amygdala) struggles to assess near danger and danger, so a brake checker, can trigger a fight reaction. it will usually lead to escalation and rarely result in the person dropping back.

remember you 100% disagreed with this.

Think about it. Slowing down on a road with nobody in front of you, doesn't mitigate the risk of the car behind being too close

Nobody told you to do this.

 

[Brigadier]

you can't control what the person behind does

No one has claimed that.

 

[Brigadier]

doesn't mitigate the risk of the car behind being too close

Nobody claimed that.






By definition though, if they're tailgating, they're close.

If you're driving slowly, so they too must be.

Any rear-end shunt will therefore be closer to a parking "kiss", than a runaway smash.