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From: grt@twitch.UUCP ( G.R.Tomasevich)
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Subject: Following distance
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Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 13:15:35 EST
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> I had always heard of the 3-second rule: When the car ahead of you passes
> ...
> Anyone else heard of this or follow it?

When I learned to drive in the 50's the rule was 2 seconds or one car length
per 10 mph, which works out to a 15-ft car length.  If you try that around
here, someone is guaranteed to pull in front of you.  I recall that the
same happened on the Los Angeles freeways.
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	George Tomasevich, ihnp4!twitch!grt
	AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ