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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:42:14 PM EDT
[#1]
Appropriate distance is if you can see the rear wheels of the car in front of you.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:42:15 PM EDT
[#2]
because i like to leave enough room to go around if i have to?
this isn't rocket fucking surgery doesn't take a whole car length though |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:42:41 PM EDT
[#3]
Room to pull forward when you note the teener behind you might not stop in time due to texting.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:43:26 PM EDT
[#4]
Leave yourself room to move.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:43:44 PM EDT
[#5]
all of the above...
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:43:48 PM EDT
[#6]
In a really bad neighborhood it could be in case emergency invasive action is required. In such cases I usually leave about 1/2 car length.
Most of the time though I think it's just people not knowing how to drive properly. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:43:50 PM EDT
[#7]
I leave some space so when some oblivious asshole rear ends me, I don't hit the car in front of me too. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:43:51 PM EDT
[#8]
OP, do you drive a bro dozer?
Does your girlfriend like yelling at gay dudes in a BMW? |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:44:07 PM EDT
[#9]
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because i like to leave enough room to go around if i have to? this isn't rocket fucking surgery doesn't take a whole car length though |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:44:35 PM EDT
[#10]
Meh. I'd be more concerned if they were paying attention to when the light changes than their phone. Fucking people have the attention span of a gold fish.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:45:18 PM EDT
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Appropriate distance is if you can see the rear wheels of the car in front of you. And so I don't become trapped when the asshole not paying attention rear ends the car behind you and smashes you into the one in front making the car fold up on you and needing to be cut out of the car[img]  ]
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:45:29 PM EDT
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Is this a Tier 87 Operator thing now, like pulling the pistol to their chest and whipping their head left right left? Do they figure a car-length per 10mph rounds to 1 when you drop below 10mph? Are they too short to see over the steering wheel for the "wheels atop hood" check? Seriously, WTF?!?!?! Especially at an intersection where traffic backs up a lot, you arseholes are causing more problems. Stop it. Have you ever had any real driver training? |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:45:47 PM EDT
[#13]
I've noticed it too, most people I see stop well short and bust out the cell phones. It's like they either can't wait to get on their phones, or they do it to add space because they know they're not going to pay attention for a while.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:46:14 PM EDT
[#14]
I like to see the tires contact the ground of the car in front of me.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:46:33 PM EDT
[#15]
People have their heads so far up their asses these days tapping away on their little cell phones that they can't be bothered to pay attention to their driving.
That's why I leave room in between so that if I'm on a motorcycle I can get out of the way in time. If I'm in a car it depends a lot on what the car is in front of me. If it's a truck hauling a bunch of wood or other shit I'm going to hang back some distance in the event that the load comes loose. Self preservation. Lastly, there is no real point to parking my car as close as possible to the bumper of the car in front of me. What if the person needs to back up for some reason? What if they are driving a standard and let the car fall back a bit before engaging the clutch? Common sense. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:47:16 PM EDT
[#16]
What really kills me is when people do it at Drive Thru's or ATMS. Pull the fuck up.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:48:04 PM EDT
[#17]
OP does not know how to drive.
Don't feel bad OP, you are in the majority. Of idiot fucks. 
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:48:30 PM EDT
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Is this a Tier 87 Operator thing now, like pulling the pistol to their chest and whipping their head left right left? Do they figure a car-length per 10mph rounds to 1 when you drop below 10mph? Are they too short to see over the steering wheel for the "wheels atop hood" check? Seriously, WTF?!?!?! Especially at an intersection where traffic backs up a lot, you arseholes are causing more problems. Stop it. Only one car length? Hell here in Vegas it's usually 3-4 lengths. Never saw it till we moved here. Seriously see it nearly every time we go anywhere here in town. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:49:31 PM EDT
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You should leave enough room to drive around the car in front of you in case the guy behind you gets froggy. Basic persec bro.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:49:46 PM EDT
[#20]
... Strategic exit maneuver if required
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:49:54 PM EDT
[#21]
OP,
Do you drive a White F350 dually by chance? 
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:50:38 PM EDT
[#22]
To make sure no one trips the sensor loop.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:50:51 PM EDT
[#23]
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OP does not know how to drive. Don't feel bad OP, you are in the majority. Of idiot fucks. This.... |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:51:01 PM EDT
[#24]
Escape and evasion, common sense.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:51:10 PM EDT
[#25]
Accident avoidance and offensive/defensive driving. I guess they fit in the operator realm, but I've always been taught to stop far enough away so that you can pull around if needed. And also so that if you get rear ended the chances of hitting the car in front of you are drastically reduced by distance.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:51:17 PM EDT
[#26]
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because i like to leave enough room to go around if i have to? this isn't rocket fucking surgery doesn't take a whole car length though Yep. Always give yourself enough room |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:51:23 PM EDT
[#27]
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OP, Do you drive a White F350 dually by chance? Already asked. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:52:21 PM EDT
[#28]
So I've got room to change lanes if necessary.
I detest bumper riders. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:52:23 PM EDT
[#29]
I do it when I travel into large cities or bad neighborhoods - in case I need to jet.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:52:42 PM EDT
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all of the above... This. If something happens or I just plain want to move I want room to go. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:53:21 PM EDT
[#31]
Who cares? Really!
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:53:36 PM EDT
[#32]
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Escape and evasion, common sense. This. I leave room just in case I need to get the fuck out for some reason. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:53:55 PM EDT
[#33]
To give myself room to go around if I need to, or pull over to the side out of the way (like if someone is about to crash into me from behind).
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:54:15 PM EDT
[#34]
OP can you tell me why people use their blinker to get on the highway? That one always stumps me. To me the binker indicates a change when there are options. Where the fuck else are you going to go other than the right lane? It looks like you want to go from the right lane to the left, but you don't.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:54:52 PM EDT
[#35]
For escape purposes and if some asshole decides to slam into me I don't cause a chain reaction.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:55:14 PM EDT
[#36]
OP fails at proper planning for inevitable assholes.
ETA: Funny story time. I had just pulled up to a stop sign where there was a car stopped ahead of me. I left the amount of space that OP is bitching about. My ride was an 82 CJ7 that I had lovingly (and not kinda piss-poorly) built up. Well the clutch linkage chose that exact moment to break causing the jeep to lurch forward at which time I rapidly turn the wheel towards a nicely manicured lawn and get it stopped. Had I pulled right up to the bumper of the car ahead like OP does I would have crashed into their bumper. See OP: practical application. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:55:15 PM EDT
[#37]
That's what bumpers are for. Just push them forward a bit.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:55:28 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
because i like to leave enough room to go around if i have to? this isn't rocket fucking surgery doesn't take a whole car length though Quote HistoryQuoted:
because i like to leave enough room to go around if i have to? this isn't rocket fucking surgery doesn't take a whole car length though Quoted:
Room to pull forward when you note the teener behind you might not stop in time due to texting. These. Depends on the light.. If it's a light in town, usually half a car length. If it's a light just coming off a highway, or on one of our weird highway but not highway roads, a car length. I pull up to maybe 1/3 car length once there's a car or two stopped behind me. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:55:37 PM EDT
[#39]
Do you even close car combat, bro?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1bm3GgDxPOM |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:55:37 PM EDT
[#40]
I used to think these people had some secret awareness about driving, so I started to take mental note of them when I drove past them. 9/10 looked like disheveled fuck nuts to me, maybe a higher percentage. Honestly, I think they can't judge where to stop, so they stop early. I came across a person who "stops early" where I work, I asked them why they do it, their response was somewhat illuminating, they said they'd been in a wreck and their anxiety kept reminding them of the intersection so they avoid it by stopping early. They asked me why I inquired and I was honest, I felt that people who stop short are oddballs.
I see alot of illegal alien types doing it. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:56:03 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Accident avoidance and offensive/defensive driving. I guess they fit in the operator realm, but I've always been taught to stop far enough away so that you can pull around if needed. And also so that if you get rear ended the chances of hitting the car in front of you are drastically reduced by distance. A 1/3, maybe a 1/2.. but a full car length is being a special fucking look at me snow flake. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:56:06 PM EDT
[#42]
LOL Just OP being an OP again. I wonder if he'll come back. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:56:26 PM EDT
[#43]
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because i like to leave enough room to go around if i have to? this isn't rocket fucking surgery doesn't take a whole car length though Operators be operatin operationally. I leave space too. It helps keep you from hitting the car in front of you if you get rear ended in addition to giving you space to move if you have to. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:56:28 PM EDT
[#44]
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Room to pull forward when you note the teener behind you might not stop in time due to texting. Also gives you options encase someone tries to jack you. You might be able to pull around and beat feet out of there. My dad taught me that when I started driving. He had to drive through a bad part of town to get to his job. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:56:29 PM EDT
[#45]
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Is this a Tier 87 Operator thing now, like pulling the pistol to their chest and whipping their head left right left? Do they figure a car-length per 10mph rounds to 1 when you drop below 10mph? Are they too short to see over the steering wheel for the "wheels atop hood" check? Seriously, WTF?!?!?! Especially at an intersection where traffic backs up a lot, you arseholes are causing more problems. Stop it. 0.5/10 rant |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:56:31 PM EDT
[#46]
Hop off my ass OP.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:56:36 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Leave yourself room to move. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:57:08 PM EDT
[#48]
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OP does not know how to drive. Don't feel bad OP, you are in the majority. Of idiot fucks. LoL |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:58:57 PM EDT
[#49]
There's more than one time I looked in the rearview mirror I can tell the jackass was going to run into the back of me because they weren't paying attention and it gave me time to pull out and avoid it..
But hey Nice rant |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:59:42 PM EDT
[#50]
Now that I am married, old and can't bang 20 year olds the very next best thing in life is to wedge my Crown Vic in some asshole's 25' long stoplight safe space.
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