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In article <6q6d9t$qth$1@samba.rahul.net>, c.c.eiftj@16.usenet.us.com
(Rahul Dhesi) wrote:

> In
> <D1BCFD1F4B8A7F76.127D590C65E8BD76.B23970E5AB59A45D@library-proxy.airnews.net>
> Gumbyy@ticnet.com (Marc) writes:
> 
> >c.c.eiftj@16.usenet.us.com (Rahul Dhesi) wrote:
> 
> >>Sometimes the following distance ahead of me grows up to 10 seconds or
> >>so.  Not because I'm driving slow, but because the motorists ahead of me
> >>are so impatient that they all speed up and form a small clump of
> >>vehicles.  Then they all brake sharply and slow down again, and the
> >>following distance ahead of me decreases to 3-4 seconds.  Then they
> >>clump up again.  And so on.  They never seem to learn.
> 
> >10 seconds is 900 ft at interstate speeds.  That seems excessive.  3-4
> >seconds is greater than the minimum recommended, and so in heavy
> >traffic, people will think you a loon and probably trreat you worse
> >because of that.
> 
> Thus entirely missing the point.  Let me present it in different words
> at a lower grade level:  "I am driving at the same average speed as the
> clumping cars ahead of me, but I am getting better gas mileage and not
> wearing out my brakes and my transmission."
> 
> Some tailgaters have this obsession that anybody who allows the
> following distance to go over 3-4 seconds must be a slow driver.  I
> think they have a missing gene, the one that makes you understand basic
> physics.


We see your kind on I-75 and the turnpike all the time. What you don't
realize is that "clump" is merely a small group of cars.. and you don't
see me not only pass you, but pass them.. and continue driving along at
70mph, while you sit there at the "average" speed of 55mph of the clump
ahead.