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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Letting someone in won’t make a difference in the time it takes you to get somewhere.

I drive a pickup w/ trailer all day, people will see me signal and then speed up to not let me in.

Mind you, I work in the “rudest city in Canada”.

[–] Jefflix 10 points 1 year ago (12 children)

As a truck driver, I must say that when someone goes out of their way to prevent me from changing lanes in traffic, I will often make sure to merge in front of them instead of other vehicles.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

You may get shot doing that one day. I've had dumbass truckers run me off the road like you're describing because they just merge on top of the occupied lane while we're going down the fucking highway side by side, and it definitely made me want revenge on them.

[–] Jefflix 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh you probably mean they merge at the merge point? As they should? Maybe find other reasons to murder people, idk.

For clarification I'm talking low speed congestion here. I don't run people off the road at speed.

Also I'm glad not to live in the US where merging can be met with murder apparently

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No I'm talking about dumbass truckers literally running me off the road at highway speed, 70+ mph. By simply coming over into the lane where my car is already occupying the space.

[–] Jefflix 2 points 1 year ago

Right that's dumb for sure

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