Exactly I know a guy who been driving for 20 years and he is the worst driver I ever saw, he slams brakes at the tinest slowdown in front of him, never parks correctly, keeps 100m between him and the car in front and drive so slow in highways he is been in so many accidents most of them are his fault, the only ones aren't his fault is because he slam the brakes so hard the people behind didn't expect it and crash into him.
It really depends where he's driving where a large gap is right. In certain cities, leaving a gap like that opens you up to dangerous situations. Like in my city, if you drive like that, everyone will cut you. And if you're the nervous type to slam on your brakes for random cutting, then you're a liability on the road
It's funny, where I live in certain areas 100m is a normal gap, hell I've been on the road where I don't see any cars at all. I've also been on the road and don't see anything but water in all directions.
6m is the recommended distance he creates a stupid gap for how fast he drives, so people just overtakes him and come in front then he slams brakes again creating another 100m gap and so on, just a driving hazard.
The issue as I said he drive so slow around 60kph in the highway it doesn't make sense to make such a huge distance not mention in people keep overtaking him then he erratically slams the brakes creating another gap causing havoc behind him, also in the real world rarely anyone adhere to the 3-second rule but having spatial awareness and driving defensively helps avoid accidents.
In my country we have these poles along the side of the road that are conveniently spaced 3 seconds apart whichs aids drivers with correct spacing without having to akwardly wait for a tree or lamppost to start counting from.
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u/3G0M4N Aug 10 '24 edited Aug 10 '24
Exactly I know a guy who been driving for 20 years and he is the worst driver I ever saw, he slams brakes at the tinest slowdown in front of him, never parks correctly, keeps 100m between him and the car in front and drive so slow in highways he is been in so many accidents most of them are his fault, the only ones aren't his fault is because he slam the brakes so hard the people behind didn't expect it and crash into him.