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Originally Posted by JCL
Driver education courses teach the "three second rule". We can cut that to two seconds for perfect driving conditions, and many of us do so on many occasions, but one second is pushing it. Tyical reaction times are close to 0.75 seconds. When the BMW driver walks back to the car, it looks like less than 8 paces between them. That isn't 60 feet, and the distance looks about like what the Mazda was using for a following distance. I agree that the BMW driver over-reacted, but the Mazda driver was a fool as well, and had the benefit of video-editing and captions to frame the incident.
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I can agree that to be perfectly safe more space should be given, but I would bet the vast majority of us who drove today followed the car in front of us closer than that. I know I did at some point.
Are we watching the same video though? The Mazda guy stops WAY closer to the BMW than he ever trailed him while moving. The distance was actually pretty reasonable when the BMW driver decides to stop, imo.