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Old Nov 16, 2011 | 08:42 AM
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Default Re: total bs

95' = 3 car lengths? That's VERY conservative, haha.

@ 70mph, you travel 205.33 feet in two seconds. Given the average car in America is ~18' (based on parking spaces... some more, some less) that's over eleven car-lengths between you and the car in front of you.

If staying back seven seconds (718 feet, or 40 car-lengths) makes you feel safe, by all means go for it. All I ask, is that you exercise such caution in the right lane. I'll be passing by on the left.

The safest situation is clear & simple: don't drive at all.

This also solves the problem of tickets.
 
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