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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

At a stop? Who cares? Can't being closer together at a stop light at least help with intersections? I guess it depends on the city.

If you're driving a manual and you roll back on a stop, you shouldn't be driving a manual. Unless you live in like San Francisco I guess? In the Appalachian region, cops will stop you for rolling back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ever heard of clear distance? If you're at a stop and someone rear ends you and you hit the car in front of you you are at fault and will be held liable.

As for the rollback in my state they'll again look at distance. Because if I don't have enough space to back up because you're too close you're once again at fault for not having clear distance.

On top of all that it helps move traffic along faster. You don't have to wait as long to accelerate if you maintain distance because you don't have to wait for the car in front of you to move far enough to start accelerating.

Getting bumper to bumper has zero benefits outside of the false psychological feeling of forward progress.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

that's interesting. I'll keep that in mind.