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get stuck once behind a car that breaks down or does something else stupid to not move and youll start leaving at least half a car length in between too

This is what was said last time around and what made me less pissed off.

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02-15-2015 , 02:23 AM

#12402

Bighurt52235

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Originally Posted by gregorio

AspPiss, please explain how stopping closer behind someone at a light shaves seconds off your commute.

Yeah, that's really dumb.

As soon as you're driving and are at your safe following distance, you're at the exact same point you would have been.

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02-15-2015 , 02:30 AM

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JayTeeMe

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My ex-girlfriend drilled a line of cars and knocked them all into each other. She was liable for all the damage.

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02-15-2015 , 02:53 AM

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AsparagusPiss

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Originally Posted by gregorio

AspPiss, please explain how stopping closer behind someone at a light shaves seconds off your commute.

Driver response to green light takes too long as it is.

That's like asking how adding extra meat to a sandwich increases the overall weight.

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02-15-2015 , 02:54 AM

#12405

AsparagusPiss

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Originally Posted by JayTeeMe

My ex-girlfriend drilled a line of cars and knocked them all into each other. She was liable for all the damage.

Rock & roll.

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02-15-2015 , 04:30 AM

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Coasterbrad

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If everyone left a little more space all cars would be able to accelerate and get up to the desired speed faster. When everyone is bumper to bumper it takes longer for everyone to get moving comfortably so it actually would make the commute longer to pull up as far as you can imo.

I do this for the reasons mentioned re: rear ending/getting around stopped cars. I also do it in bad areas where the chance I need to have an escape path is greater. You're totally screwed if you get boxed in and someone decides to car jack you.

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02-15-2015 , 04:45 AM

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Bighurt52235

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[QUOTE=AsparagusPiss;46122652]Driver response to green light takes too long as it is.

That's like asking how adding extra meat to a sandwich increases the overall weight.[/QUOT

Not even remotely close.

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02-15-2015 , 05:01 AM

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problemeliminator

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Originally Posted by AsparagusPiss

Driver response to green light takes too long as it is.

That's like asking how adding extra meat to a sandwich increases the overall weight.

That's the worst analogy I've heard in quite some time.

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02-15-2015 , 08:36 AM

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gregorio

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The closer I am to the car in front if me, the faster I'll be able to resound to the light changing. Thanks, got it.

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02-15-2015 , 08:47 AM

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NoSoup4U

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Originally Posted by MastaAces

Awful drivers,
Explain yourselves.

I used to always pull close behind the car in front of me, but my new car stops itself and it always leaves a lot more space than I would have.

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02-15-2015 , 08:50 AM

#12411

JayTeeMe

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Originally Posted by NoSoup4U

I used to always pull close behind the car in front of me, but my new car stops itself and it always leaves a lot more space than I would have.

Cars stop themselves now?

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02-15-2015 , 09:25 AM

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Didace

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Originally Posted by gregorio

AspPiss, please explain how stopping closer behind someone at a light shaves seconds off your commute.

Idiot drivers don't pull up and I can't get to my turn lane before the turn arrow goes red wasting a perfectly good green arrow I can't use.

Idiot drivers don't pull up at the next light so there is no room for me to proceed through the intersection I'm at resulting in me waiting through one more light cycle.

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02-15-2015 , 11:05 AM

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Trollstoy

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People who think the most trivial things make a difference. If you suck at driving nothing is going to help.

Also, people who drive 75k+ vehicles who have the most rudimentary driving skills

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02-15-2015 , 11:22 AM

#12414

Swwiinn

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Originally Posted by AsparagusPiss

Driver response to green light takes too long as it is.

That's like asking how adding extra meat to a sandwich increases the overall weight.

I can't see how these 2 things are anything like each other.

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02-15-2015 , 11:30 AM

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JayTeeMe

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I think he's saying that light only travels at 3 x 10^8 m/s so if you pull up closer you'll see when the light turns green faster and thus get moving faster.

And also that meat is made of matter so adding more to a sandwich will make that sandwich weigh more in any gravitational environment.

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02-15-2015 , 11:34 AM

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MastaAces

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Originally Posted by JayTeeMe

Cars stop themselves now?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/scie...irst-time.html

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02-15-2015 , 02:13 PM

#12417

sportsjefe

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Originally Posted by JayTeeMe

Cars stop themselves now?

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02-15-2015 , 02:49 PM

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Smokey11053

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Originally Posted by SmokeyJ

I have no idea whether it actually makes any sort of difference, but I think a lot of people actually do this to stop spreading their sickness to others (as opposed to being paranoid about getting sick).

There's a woman who is a somewhat regular at my local card room who is chronically sick/uses a wheelchair/is on dialysis, etc. I see her at another table the other day wearing a surgical mask over her mouth but under her nose. Was trying to figure out if I should be pissed or not. I doubt she was a 100% mouth-breather and I couldn't figure out if she was trying to protect herself from germs, protect us from her germs, or most likely accomplishing nothing. I gave her a C- for effort.

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02-15-2015 , 03:25 PM

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GutZ

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She no doubt was attempting to protect herself. If you are on dialysis you are pretty much near death. Any thing , even a cold could push you over the edge.

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02-15-2015 , 03:35 PM

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GutZ

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As far as the driving thing goes, having less meat on your sandwich means you will finish it faster and be able to respond to the light sooner.

As a bus driver I was taught that you should be able to see the rear tires of the vehicle in front of you so you could get around it if the meat fell out of their sandwich.

All of this is why I wrap my sandwich in a napkin while EWD.

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02-15-2015 , 05:20 PM

#12421

Villian1

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Originally Posted by goofball

Also if someone rear-ends you and pushes you into the car in front of you I think you're the one liable for the person you rear-ended

Not a chance in hell. My buddy stooped at a wawa and got smashed into their generator and the person that him was obviously held responsible for the damage to the generator.

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02-15-2015 , 07:29 PM

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Minimalist

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Originally Posted by Trollstoy

People who think the most trivial things make a difference. If you suck at driving nothing is going to help.

Also, people who drive 75k+ vehicles who have the most rudimentary driving skills

Even if you drove 10 cars a day, it would take you over 20 years to drive 75k+ vehicles.

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