On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:50:29 +0100, Norman Wells
wrote:
>>>>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?
That clinches it. You obviously do not drive, otherwise you would be
very familiar with how much you can and cannot see of the road ahead
of the vehicle in front of you.
In fact, I checked it specifically yesterday morning on the drive to
work. I had a large Tesco lorry in front of me, and I closed up
deliberately to a 2 second gap. I had plenty sufficient glimpses of
the road for a distance in front of that lorry to know whether there
was any other traffic ahead, and that was without weaving from side to
side. The exceptions occur at blind corners and blind rises where you
cannot see sections of the road even with no vehicles in front of you
at all.
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Cynic
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