I am a horrible driver...

[LeiZaK]

... I wasn't always that way though. I was an extrememly courteous driver for the longest time. (giving at least 2 seconds time between the car in front of me)

Now I sometimes find myself mere feet from the car in front of me on the interstate going 70+ mph. The old me would want guns mounted on his car so he could shoot me down.

Don't know what made me change though. For some reason, I don't care. Slap me or something.

 

[jadinolf]

Can I have your computer?

 

[MoPHo]

you're supposed to put 1 second for every 10 miles per hour between you and a car infront. 2 seconds means your an @$$hat just like everyone else

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

I would slap you, but you obviously don't give a rat's ass.

 

[Tommunist]

did you recently move to boston?

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: MoPHo
you're supposed to put 1 second for every 10 miles per hour between you and a car infront. 2 seconds means your an @$$hat just like everyone else

7 seconds between you and another driver at 70mph?

that's close to a 6th of a mile...

 

[LeiZaK]

Originally posted by: MoPHo
you're supposed to put 1 second for every 10 miles per hour between you and a car infront. 2 seconds means your an @$$hat just like everyone else

that makes no sense... maybe you're thinking of some other unit of measurement???

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: MoPHo
you're supposed to put 1 second for every 10 miles per hour between you and a car infront. 2 seconds means your an @$$hat just like everyone else

hahahahahahahahhaha you leave that much room in front of you and there will be 10 cars pulling infront of you every 5 seconds...youd ahve to come to a complete stop....that rule of thumb is outdated and stupid.

 

[david46675]

**1 sec = 1 carlength

or so i was taught...i do more like 1 car length regardless lol

 

[m2kewl]

who let the n00b in?

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: MoPHo
you're supposed to put 1 second for every 10 miles per hour between you and a car infront. 2 seconds means your an @$$hat just like everyone else

no, it's suppose to be 3 seconds behind the car in front of you. and that's on the highway.

 

[LeiZaK]

Originally posted by: david46675
**1 sec = 1 carlength

or so i was taught...i do more like 1 car length regardless lol

a second of ditance is completely variable depending on how fast you are going. Where 1 second might come close to a carlength at 10-20 mph... 1 sec at 100 mph is quite a bit more distance.

 

[SWScorch]

I'm a bad driver too, but only in terms of skill. I'm very courteous and cautious on the tarmac.

 

[freebee]

edited. wrong thread.

 

[Omegachi]

just be careful and don't run over any cyclist

 

[astralusion]

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: MoPHo
you're supposed to put 1 second for every 10 miles per hour between you and a car infront. 2 seconds means your an @$$hat just like everyone else

no, it's suppose to be 3 seconds behind the car in front of you. and that's on the highway.

we have a winnar

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: MoPHo
you're supposed to put 1 second for every 10 miles per hour between you and a car infront. 2 seconds means your an @$$hat just like everyone else

7 seconds between you and another driver at 70mph?

that's close to a 6th of a mile...

...and room for like 10 cars to cut in front of you...

 

[nakedfrog]

What sucks is that I try to maintain a good distance, because other people are crap drivers and I want to have time/space to avoid whatever stupidity they end up committing... and jackasses assume that it's okay for them to just pull in-between us. So then I have to back off a little to get enough space between me and THAT jackass.

 

[LongCoolMother]

Originally posted by: astralusion

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: MoPHo
you're supposed to put 1 second for every 10 miles per hour between you and a car infront. 2 seconds means your an @$$hat just like everyone else

no, it's suppose to be 3 seconds behind the car in front of you. and that's on the highway.

we have a winnar

YES! darn he beat me to the punch. but anyway, yes, i learned in driving school that its 3 seconds behind the car ahead of you. the distance will change, but not the time.

 

[booger711]

are you the one who did this?
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2005/news/story?id=2111247

 

[amcdonald]

Originally posted by: MoPHo
you're supposed to put 1 second for every 10 miles per hour between you and a car infront. 2 seconds means your an @$$hat just like everyone else

Yea you are a jackass.
You need a factchecker.

 

[mindmaniac]

I doubt you could be as bad as some of my friends. If you're are constantly drifting off the road then maybe you should let a buddy drive you around, that's what I had to do for him.

 

[amcdonald]

Originally posted by: booger711
are you the one who did this?
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2005/news/story?id=2111247

tasteless

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: MoPHo
you're supposed to put 1 second for every 10 miles per hour between you and a car infront. 2 seconds means your an @$$hat just like everyone else

2 seconds at 80 mph is a huge distance . . . enough that people will always be jumping in front of you, and as you slow to regain the 2 secs the guy behind you will jump around and pass and before you know it you are at the bottom of a 300 car pile-up . . .

 

[thechinesehero]

Originally posted by: astralusion

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: MoPHo
you're supposed to put 1 second for every 10 miles per hour between you and a car infront. 2 seconds means your an @$$hat just like everyone else

no, it's suppose to be 3 seconds behind the car in front of you. and that's on the highway.

we have a winnar

how are you supposed to know its 3 seconds away?