Post #153221 by TikiGardener on Sat, Apr 16, 2005 12:44 AM

Oh the other driving peeve is I always allow the proper space between me and the car ahead when at freeway speed. Different rules of theumb have been presented. I use the one second of space per ten miles and hour of speed. So at 65, you should have six and a half seconds between you and the next car.

Most people seem to think that this space is for them to fill up. I usually watch, and mutter;"welcome, you car is now my crumple zone."

Why is it that space between vehicles is seen as somehow impeding traffic? I've had people do this crap when we're all going 75.
Car behind me sees all that space, and thinks I'm somehow going to slow. So he jets around me, and pulls into my lane with about three feet of clearance, and thinks thats a safe distance for me to follow him at.

I'm 40. I've had one speeding ticket ( at 17 ) and I've been in one accident ( rear ended by someonenot looking where they were going.

Even the insurance agents were agog to have met someone my age with no previous car accidents.