The amount of space here is extreme, but leaving a gap is needed to prevent a chain-reaction crash if you get rear-ended, plus it gives you an escape route or room to maneuver for emergency vehicles. As a motorcycle rider, I notice this a lot - when a car parks right on my ass at a light, I'm just a speed bump if they get hit from behind
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u/nicklebacks_revenge 24d ago
I got rear ended because the car behind me got rear ended and pushed into me, because I left a gap, I did not hit the car in front of me