I’ll start. Stopping distance.
My commute is 95 miles one way to work, so I see a lot of the highway, in the rural part of the US. This means traveling at 70+ mph (112km/h) for almost the entirety of the drive. The amount of other drivers on the road who follow behind someone else with less than a car’s length in front of them because they want to go 20+ over the speed limit is ridiculous. The only time you ever follow someone that close is if you have complete and absolute trust in them, and also understand that it may not even be enough.
For a daily drive, you likely need 2-3 car lengths between you at minimum depending on your speed to accurately avoid hitting the brakes. This doesn’t even take into account the lack of understanding of engine braking…
What concepts do you all think of when it comes to driving that you feel are not well understood by the public at large?
Cycling, coming up on an intersection where I don’t have right of way and see a car approaching, so I begin to slow down.
The car slows down as well and we both come to a nearly complete stop, the driver now mildly annoyed gesturing for me to go first. Now I have to slowly get my bike up to speed again.
Motherfucker if you just kept going I would have passed behind you while barely having to slow down at all.
This shit happens all the time. It’s very nice that I live in a country where people are so considerate of cyclists, but please just claim your damn right of way and I’ll work my way around it. The only time where it is a courtesy to let someone pass is if they’re stood still waiting for an endless line of traffic. Otherwise just keep on driving.