In message <26vr13h787mrv70rsipr7b2hd5dfuq56o3@4ax.com>, Cynic
writes
>On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:32:18 +0100, Norman Wells
> wrote:
>
>>>>If you watch the second video again, I think you'll find that they do
>>>>sometimes come to a rather abrupt halt.
>>>
>>>Yes - but for a reason that the following driver *should* have seen
>>>and therefore started braking for a lot earlier.
>>
>>Can you see through:
>>
>>(a) a Transit van
>>(b) a lorry
>>(c) anything else opaque?
>>
>>If not, how do _you_ know when to start braking?
>
>Yes, I can easily see past all those things unless I am far closer
>than a 2 second gap at 40MPH+
I'm sorry, but you're not Superman, and without comprehensive proof, I
don't believe you can see through any of the above. The best you can
hope to do is have an occasional glimpse round the side. But if you're
following in lane and not constantly weaving from side to side to do
that, the fact is you'll probably have little idea of the movement of
what's in front of the vehicle in front of you, and you certainly won't
be in any position to anticipate when the vehicle in front of you is
going to collide with anything.
>
>I would be able to see the other vehicle and in almost all cases
>anticipate the situation.
What with? X-Ray vision?
>
>>>>However, you may like to consider that the overall stopping distance at
>>>>70mph according to the Highway Code is 315ft. Applying the 2 second
>>>>rule, you'll be only 205ft behind the vehicle in front. Where's that
>>>>extra 110ft going to come from?
>
>>>From the stopping distance of the car in front, of course. Which will
>>>also be 315ft (if the Highway Code is correct).
>
>>Only if it brakes normally and is not brought to an abrupt halt by
>>something else, as happens in any multiple shunt.
>
>I can *see* the situation up ahead a lot earlier than the time the car
>in front has the collision.
Well, of course you can, but only because of your apparently superhuman
powers.
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Norman Wells
NG
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