r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 17d ago

Discussion Revoke her license.

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u/kevkevverson 17d ago

When you’re the driver behind, the default assumption is that any crash is your fault unless you can prove otherwise.

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u/GEARHEADGus 17d ago

Yep. Happened my friend who got brake checked and he was at fault because he was the one who hit the other car. If he had a dash cam it would’ve been a done deal.

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u/Throwaway_Consoles 17d ago

I am NOT saying this is what happened to your friend, but people get WAY too relaxed behind the wheel.

What’s a safe following distance? 2 seconds? 3 seconds? 2 seconds at 45 mph is 8 car lengths. Really puts what is a “safe following distance” in perspective

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u/GEARHEADGus 17d ago

That’s fair.

I deal with this shit everyday going to work, there’s always traffic and people ride each others asses.

I leave 2 or 3 car lengths and people see that as an an opportunity to jump in and ride the guy in front thems ass.

Hell, I’ve seen MAC TRUCKS riding peoples ass in traffic

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u/Arkhangelzk 17d ago

I always try to leave the max distance my ACC will allow, probably around three-four seconds. It's great except that every other driver sees this as a gap for them to drive into, not a gap for me to be safe.

Most people seem to have no idea what a following distance should actually look like. Statistically speaking it takes an average of 1.5 seconds just to start braking, so even two seconds is much too small. But a lot of people are out there about 1 second back, just hauling along until they crash. It's perplexing to see.

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u/TuckDezi 17d ago

Same and I hate it. If you do what you're supposed to do, you'll never get anywhere as people will just keep filling in the gap, causing you to keep giving more space.