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From: bde@ihlpl.UUCP (Ewbank)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: (really following distance)
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 16:18:14 EST
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> > > > One car length for each "60" mph???  I defy anyone out there to stop
> > > > a cycle going 60 mph in one car length . . .
> > >Actually, that works out pretty well . . .
> > A better estimate for the time required for this would be about 2 sec.
> I had always heard of the 3-second rule . . 

has anyone tried using the 2 (or 3) second rule on the road?  last
time i tried following at that distance, cars kept slipping into the
"huge gap," causing me to back off, causing more cars to slip in, etc.
that gap is about 170 (250) feet  (60 mph == 88 fps, right?)
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