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BTR Driver Spinoff - leaving a gap at light
Posted on 4/18/14 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 4/18/14 at 4:53 pm
Been wondering about this for a while. Seems like a good time given the other thread.
WTH is up with drivers in Baton Rouge that leave a car length gap between them and the next vehicle at stop lights? I travel for work and I literally only see this here in town.
It wouldn't be such a big deal except, when the light turns green and the front car takes off... The reaction time turns that one car length into three and then half as many cars get through on the light. I legit think this is a major cause of congestion on our surface streets. Is this something taught in driving schools here or what?
WTH is up with drivers in Baton Rouge that leave a car length gap between them and the next vehicle at stop lights? I travel for work and I literally only see this here in town.
It wouldn't be such a big deal except, when the light turns green and the front car takes off... The reaction time turns that one car length into three and then half as many cars get through on the light. I legit think this is a major cause of congestion on our surface streets. Is this something taught in driving schools here or what?
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Posted on 4/18/14 at 4:55 pm to jbgleason
If you're rear ended and you hit the car in front of you, that car is your fault.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 4:56 pm to pwejr88
Yeah. But an entire car length in dense traffic?
Granted, I get what you are saying.
Granted, I get what you are saying.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:00 pm to jbgleason
I don't see that really out here that much. I just hate when people do that and because of that they block a right hand turn lane that someone else may want to get in and make a right hand turn at a red light.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:06 pm to jbgleason
I do it sometimes because my car is a manual and I'm too lazy to move up when other cars inch forward.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:07 pm to jbgleason
I generally leave enough space between the car in front of me in case, for whatever reason, I have to get around them. (i.e. stalled car, car jacking, etc)
I was taught in driver's ed to leave enough space to see the bottom of the tires of the car in front of you. Probably for the same reason I do it.
I was also in a city during riots and it came in handy when a bunch of ne'er-do-wells were approaching...
I was taught in driver's ed to leave enough space to see the bottom of the tires of the car in front of you. Probably for the same reason I do it.
I was also in a city during riots and it came in handy when a bunch of ne'er-do-wells were approaching...
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:09 pm to jbgleason
You're suppose to be able to see the bottom of the tires of the car in front of you when you come to a stop.
The more you know.
The more you know.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:10 pm to jbgleason
I don't know what's worse. The people who do that or the people who inch closer and closer to you. How hard is it to keep your foot on a brake?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:11 pm to jbgleason
I bet you drive around here more than anywhere else...come up with any driving/traffic issue and it's likely a problem everywhere.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:13 pm to jbgleason
Escape route.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:18 pm to jbgleason
So I don't hit them if someone rear ends me. It's taught in any defensive driving class
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:21 pm to jbgleason
If you can't see the bottom of their rear tires, you're too close.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:25 pm to jbgleason
Leaves enough space to evade carjackers and general riff raff.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:27 pm to pwejr88
quote:
If you're rear ended and you hit the car in front of you, that car is your fault.
I don't think that's true.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:30 pm to noonan
I think that is true.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:35 pm to Topwater Trout
I was in a 7 or 8 car wreck. I was not driving. Car was stalled at the top of a bridge without their hazards on. Car in front of us stopped, we stopped and the car behind us hit us, forcing us into the car in front of us and them into the first car. Then a couple other cars joined in. We felt 2 or 3 more hits. My friend was not at fault for any of it. Of course the three or four cars behind us tried to blame all the hits on the last car.
I guess maybe it's different at a traffic light?
I guess maybe it's different at a traffic light?
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 5:43 pm
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:36 pm to Topwater Trout
So if you are 1 to 3 car lengths behind someone and get rear ended so hard you hit the next car, it is your fault?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:39 pm to pwejr88
quote:
If you're rear ended and you hit the car in front of you, that car is your fault.
What if you're parked in a parking lot and not in your car and someone knocks you into another vehicle?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:45 pm to noonan
I've just heard that was the case....never made sense to me so I don't take it as fact.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 5:49 pm to Topwater Trout
I knew a girl who came to a stop and was pushed into the car infront of her so she was not at fault.
This post was edited on 4/24/14 at 1:06 am
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