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

submitted 2 years ago by TeckFire@lemmy.world to c/cars@lemmy.world

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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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[–] NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Making space for bicycles on the road.

[–] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also, cyclists should follow the same rules of the road. I can't tell you how many cyclists I've seen almost get clobbered because they ran a red.

[–] NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s completely valid. I saw a bicycle on one of the bridges near my house. There is a specific path for them on the side since there is no shoulder but that jack ass decided he needed to be different and try to take up part of the lane 😒

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you were somewhere that bike lanes are maintained, that was a jackass. If you were somewhere else, that was a commuter who had to use an unusual lane because the dedicated lane was obstructed (and likely has been for months is even years).

[–] NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There was a bike lane. He was being a jackass. I used to ride that same path every day to work until my accident.

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Fair enough. Jackasses make it worse for all of us.