Thread: Cut off?
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      04-29-2011, 02:22 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by richpuer View Post
correct...because they could potentially cause an accident by maneuvering like that..not give the person enough time to react...
Ok, but my point is that you said "one car length or less". I have to call BS on that. First off, it depends on speed, but secondly one car length is way too short unless you are moving at parking garage speeds or something. The reality is you should give other drivers as much room as you would expect from them in the same situation if the tables were turned. For me that is whatever it takes for them to not force me to hit my brakes or otherwise impeded my progress unnecessarily. I'd say this is probably a good three car lengths at typical surface street speed (say 45mph). That's for a lane change only. If you pull a lane change and then hit the brakes, well, you had better have given me at least six car lenghts or so, or I will whip around you and fill your ears full of some S65 at WOT.
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