The Blessing of Depth Perception or How I Learned That Following Too Close is Bad
(sorry, no fancy pictures unless Brie want's to contribue)
I was driving to school today on the highway and I was following at a safe distance. The guy in front of me, was not following the guy in front of him at a safe distance. In fact, I was entirely unable to see the car(s) in front of him. This was rather suprising when he darted into the lane to the right and presented me with a bunch of stopped cars in front of me. I slammed on the breaks (at 70mph) leaving a acrid smoke cloud of brake dust and burnt rubber behind me as I fishtailed and then darted into the shoulder to avoid a collision. Luckily, the guy behind me was traveling at a safe distance or he would have hit me in his giant truck.
So that was fun.
I was driving to school today on the highway and I was following at a safe distance. The guy in front of me, was not following the guy in front of him at a safe distance. In fact, I was entirely unable to see the car(s) in front of him. This was rather suprising when he darted into the lane to the right and presented me with a bunch of stopped cars in front of me. I slammed on the breaks (at 70mph) leaving a acrid smoke cloud of brake dust and burnt rubber behind me as I fishtailed and then darted into the shoulder to avoid a collision. Luckily, the guy behind me was traveling at a safe distance or he would have hit me in his giant truck.
So that was fun.