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6/24/2021 7:48:48 PM
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People who stop multiple car lengths behind the car in front of them at a light…
Why do you do it? I gotta know.
Bonus shoutout to the ones who then spend the entire red light inching forward a few feet every couple seconds.
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In the event that an emergency vehicle were to come up from behind me it gives me the flexibility to get out of the way. Additionally, it gives me the flexibility to change my mind and change lanes. And,… it annoys people who are concerned about covering that additional 15’ of pavement while waiting for the light to change. Those same people are the one’s that race me to the next stop light where we wait together for their next opportunity to god 60 mph up to the next light two blocks away.
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Cars have covid too🤷♂️
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I'm very paranoid about getting reending and then rerending the car infront of me, which has happened to my mom multiple times with me in the car. Plus it's never multiple car lengths, usually just to the point where I can see the wheels hit pavement, which is what I was taught in Drivers ed
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4 RepliesEase into the breaks, of course! Progressives' brake tracker thingy likes to beep at me at the slightest "hard" stop.
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Assuming it’s to not block a side street before the light.
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Few reasons: I have had many times people go in reverse cause they overshot the line, and dont give a shit on whose behind them... I have been lucky so far and havenot had been hit yet, but have gotten close cause some boomer adtempted to hit the red light and half way through changes their mind anf reverses them rams the person behind them....
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Edited by Oryx's Slimy Worm: 6/26/2021 9:39:24 AMA couple reasons: If there is a turn lane id be blocking if I pulled all the way up, I usually stay a cars length away so that cars can still pass if need be. Also so that way traffic doesnt block up. In case someone isnt paying attention and rear ends me, ill have time to hit the breaks before my car slams into the person infront of me. Tons of deaths happen this way. The biggest reason I learned in drivers ed: When your in big citys or common traffic, you should always stop far enough to where the end of your hood rest under the sightline of the tires infront of you, that way incase you were to ever be jumped or attacked, you'd still have room to quickly get outta there.
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A massive shout out to all the cautious drivers on our roads 👏 Without you, some of us would no doubt be brown bread already.
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1 so you don't breath the other cars exaust 2 so when you get rear ended you don't have to pay for the damages of the car you get pushed into the rear end of 3 so you have an escape route for whatever reason.
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1 ReplyI was involved in a accident where I was stopped at a light, a car was behind me stopped as well, then a car behind that one rear ended the middle car at full speed, then pushing the middle car into my car. All cars were totaled including mine. That's why I give alot of room no matter where I stop, a red light, stop sign, etc.
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Legally if you get rear ended that’s a single accident, when you strike the car in front of you it is a separate accident. If you didn’t practise due diligence and stop far enough back to avoid hitting the vehicle in front of you, you are liable for that accident. If you did practise due diligence and stop far enough back to practicably stop yourself or avoid the second accident, the party rear ending you is liable for the second accident.
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3 RepliesEdited by pValue2010: 6/25/2021 4:26:46 PMI do give a bit of extra space sometimes if we’re on an incline and it’s an older looking car; people who are new to manual driving might unintentionally slide backwards before accelerating.
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3 RepliesEdited by Upperclass Bum: 6/25/2021 6:05:21 AMTo quote my driving instructor, "If you can't see the bottom of their rear tires, you're too damn close."... I'm more curious as to why people feel the need to bumper -blam!- someone who is already going 10 - 15 miles over the limit... I'm not going any -blam!-ing faster for you. It's especially dumb when there's a snail or two in front of me and some muppet is on my ass as if I can go any faster. I'm getting a bumper sticker made that says "Back the **** up, [word that rhymes with "runt"]~~~" (It's not going to be censored though and it's going to take up a huge amount of my bumper. Tacky? Maybe. Crude and crass? Perhaps, but the message will be clear and if it still isn't, have fun rear ending me "cause I will brake check you in a heartbeat if I feel you're too close. Edit: I mean -blam!-, the other night on the way to work, some clown in a corvette gets behind me for no apparent reason (I say this 'cause there was literally two free lanes to the right) and starts tailgating me... I'm just sitting there like "y doe?". He must've realized that he was big dumb 'cause he then got back into the lane he SHOULD'VE NEVER LEFT... Driving is fun af to me (those California canyon roads, specifically old waterman canyon road going into lake Gregory to lake arrowhead are stupid fun even in my dumbass Outlander Sport) even therapeutic -- when I don't have to drive around idiots that is.
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1 ReplyWhile I don't stop several lengths behind the car, I do like to give myself some reaction time in case they do something stupid.
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So I can dump clutch and skrrrrt
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4 RepliesI don’t do that, but I get why you might. It probably comes down to being overly cautious and/or a bad judge of distance. Better to stop too soon than too late.
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[quote]Why do you do it? I gotta know. Bonus shoutout to the ones who then spend the entire red light inching forward a few feet every couple seconds.[/quote] You left out the part where the red light creepers somehow have no sense of urgency when things go green and it's actually time to go.
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1 ReplyI stop far enough back that I can just see the bottom of their wheels. That way if someone rear ends me, I'm less likely to hit the car in front of me.
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3 RepliesIn any time but summer I come to a near-dead stop well before the next vehicle because ice kills. [spoiler]Sorry, all out of salt.[/spoiler]
