Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)

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From: Tony Wang
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 00:00

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Showbiz wrote:

> You're supposed to be at least six car
> >lengths apart from the car in front of you.
>
> I'm not sure where that comes form, Tony.  The rule is two seconds of time
> between you and the vehicle ahead.  That comes to about a car length for
> each 10 mph.  Of course anything that conservative is impossible to maintain
> in rush-hour traffic.  More than a length and a half invites lane jumping.

That's exactly what I meant.  If you're going at 60 mph, which is what most
people do if not more, then you should have six lengths of spacing between you
and the next guy.  Whatever!  Happens all the time -- in simulations.  In the
real world, nope, so we're all technically tailgating.

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Tony Wang
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Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)
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