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What driving concept you feel that most drivers don't understand? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by TeckFire@lemmy.world to c/cars@lemmy.world

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I’ll start. Stopping distance.

My commute is 95 miles one way to work, so I see a lot of the highway, in the rural part of the US. This means traveling at 70+ mph (112km/h) for almost the entirety of the drive. The amount of other drivers on the road who follow behind someone else with less than a car’s length in front of them because they want to go 20+ over the speed limit is ridiculous. The only time you ever follow someone that close is if you have complete and absolute trust in them, and also understand that it may not even be enough.

For a daily drive, you likely need 2-3 car lengths between you at minimum depending on your speed to accurately avoid hitting the brakes. This doesn’t even take into account the lack of understanding of engine braking…

What concepts do you all think of when it comes to driving that you feel are not well understood by the public at large?

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[-] workerONE@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

At higher speeds, when you swerve you can't just swerve back to where you were. You need to get the car stabilized after sudden turns.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Slower traffic keep right."

I don't care if you're going the speed limit or even 20mph over it; if somebody passes you on the right, it's because you were in the wrong lane.

[-] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I hate people who hang out in the passing lane as much as anyone, but for those overtaking at 15 mph over the speed of the rest of traffic, allow me to explain:

The rest of us can move over a lot sooner if everyone is driving predictably at a reasonable speed for current traffic conditions.

The person overtaking at 15 mph faster than the wisdom of the crowd - that person is causing the very delays that are slowing then down.

The rest of must move slower and change lanes slower until the reckless driver is well away from us.

[-] TeckFire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

When there’s nobody else on the road, I see no problem with driving as fast as you want. When I’m passing someone else though, I usually only go 5+ what they are, even if I was just going 20+ in the lead up to them. I’ll let off the accelerator and by the time I reach a proper following distance, we’re close to the same speed

I don’t necessarily think people going too fast are the reason for slower traffic, I think it’s other behaviors like lane changing without signaling, following too close and braking, etc., but I’m sure it contributes

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