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On Mon, 13 Jul 1998 00:36:17 -0400, Tony Wang <tonyw44@prodigy.net.nospam> wrote:
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>Rahul Dhesi wrote:
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>> I have no idea.  How many car lengths is a 2-3 second following
>> distance?  Doesn't it depend on the length of the car?  Is there some
>> sort of "standard" car that they use to measure this?  Do they keep this
>> standard car in a vacuum at NIST?
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>And they ask me why I think driving standards should be raised?
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>Get real here, pal.  Anyone who has any driving competence ought to know
>that the rule is that you maintain a one car length distance for every 10
>mph.  If you're so dense that you can't figure out that they're talking
>about YOUR car in the equation, get off the road now.

Even though he is wording it funny, Rahul has a point - cars are much shorter
than when the car length rule was come up with, and brakes/tires are much
better.  It's a pretty vague rule.  And, of course, no, it doesn't have 
anything to do with the 2-3 second rule, because that is independent of
car length, entirely dependent on speed.  I believe this is an example of
humor, beyond the sarcasm involving NIST.  Rahul, passes the Turing test,
and pulls a leg.

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>Or run into a tree really fast, so that you don't kill anyone else with your
>incompetent driving.

He can't run into a tree, he's still stuck in the left lane.

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