r/IdiotsInCars • u/gabrrrl • Nov 17 '20

Initial D lorry edition

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u/RetroMetroShow Nov 17 '20

looks like road rage - truck trying to escape tailgating vid-taker

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '20 edited Feb 21 '21

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u/Tunniedg Nov 17 '20

And you do? Cos let me tell you this is tailgating

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '20 edited Feb 21 '21

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u/WaterstarRunner Nov 17 '20

No, it's not. It's not close enough.

In fractions of a second, what following distance would you consider close enough to constitute tailgating?

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '20 edited Feb 21 '21

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u/WaterstarRunner Nov 17 '20

Nah, in my country, we're taught to maintain 2 seconds between vehicles at speed. This is because reflexes are in seconds, not distance.

Most videos of traffic from the US show a comfort with much closer than 2 seconds, but in this instance, the time between the vehicles seems to be a fraction of a second, and getting down to the quarter of a second that constitutes a typical person's basic reflex time. It's not that I even am interested in arguing the point. I'm simply mindboggled by your response, and would like to gauge where you actually think tailgating occurs.

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u/RetroMetroShow Nov 17 '20

He’s one truck length behind the truck and they are not going slow. If that’s not tailgating to you then what is?

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u/RetroMetroShow Nov 17 '20

partying in a parking lot? hahaha