On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:50:29 +0100, Norman Wells
wrote:
>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.
Please learn to drive before pontificating about what is possible.
It is becoming more and more obvious that Cynic is right, and you do
not drive.
>The best you can
>hope to do is have an occasional glimpse round the side.
And this ridiculous statement just makes it more certain.
> 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.
Utter rubbish, as anybody who drives regularly is well aware.
If you are a sufficient distance back (i.e. at least 2 seconds at
40mph+) then you will be able to see a significant amount ahead of any
normal vehicle in front of you.
>>
>>I would be able to see the other vehicle and in almost all cases
>>anticipate the situation.
>
>What with? X-Ray vision?
No.
Normal driving vision.
Try it one day. You will be surprised.
>>
>>>>>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.
Those powers are only "apparently superhuman" to somebody who doesn't
drive, and doesn't take the trouble to observe the road ahead when a
passenger.
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