If I remember my defensive driving class, it is advisable to stay 2
seconds from the back bumper on the car in front of you. Therefore, the
distance varies depending on the speed, the faster the flow, the further
the distance. Doing the math, it seems like one car length (say 20' for
simplicity) would be adequate at 6.8 MPH. I guess you weren't far
enough behind. You travel 20' at 40 MPH in 0.341 seconds. Is that
enough time to react?
mkris@sprynet.com wrote:
>
> How far is far enough behind with a LBC. When my windshield was hit, I was at
> least a car lenght behind. My guess was that she was too busy on her cell
>phone
> and couldn't control her turn with one hand, cutting the corner too hard,
> kicking up the stones. Those subdivions are large trucks for living in a busy
> sub-urban enviorment and IMHO, unnecessary. But what is worse is the animated
> cell phone conversations that I see while driving. I cant understand how these
> women can be in full control of thier trucks at 30=40 mph while on the
> telephone.
> I wish I had gotten the license plate number, but by the time I
>noticed
> the crack starting, I was already past the intersection and she was on her
>way.
> Chris
> 77 mgb -- wounded
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