Executive Order on Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations

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Originally Posted by arbol

All this practice achieves, is pissing off other drivers, making them miss the light, and blocking them from the turn lane.

-John

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Well then, lets hope you're never behind me at an intersection, else you'll be pretty pissed off.

You do you, I'll do smart.

Tell me why this is smart?

Do you plan to be agile enough to move your car out of the way of a car that is going to rear end you?

What are your (smart) reasons for leaving so much room between you and another car at an intersection?

-John

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Originally Posted by kidicarus13

I'm going to take a stab at this.

...maintain an adequate distance between vehicles (If you can see the rear wheels touching the ground of the vehicle in front of you, you are at an adequate distance).

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I'll take a stab at this as well.

A small, four door car might have a distance between vehicles of 8' with this rule.

A larger, old truck might have a distance between vehicles of 30'+ with this rule. You can fit another vehicle, and then some, or practically two. Other drivers won't get angry, they'll just think your brand new to a vehicle that's more than 6" above the ground.

Simple height v. viewing angle, etc.

Does the old pickup need further distance between vehicles when stopped at an intersection?

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Originally Posted by arbol

I took a look today, as I drove up to a person stopped in front of me, and where I would need to stop to see their rear wheels touching the ground, versus where I actually stopped, snuggling up to them, and it looks to me like this wastes at least 10 feet, if not more, per car.

As I know you care very much about the environment, etc., that means fewer cars through the stop sign, just sitting there, idling.

Does it help safety? No, because if you are going to be rear-ended, it does not normally matter where the cars in front of you are.

All this practice achieves, is pissing off other drivers, making them miss the light, and blocking them from the turn lane.

-John

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Some people have figured out how to not get upset and get through the light.

Lane filtering. It?s awesome.

Of course some compensating slow a$$ cage drivers ( normally compensating men in 4x4s) get pissed and try to harass riders doing something perfectly legal. Some like to try and get a close to a bike from the rear as possible when the bike moves to the front of the line legally.

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Originally Posted by arbol

Tell me why this is smart?

Do you plan to be agile enough to move your car out of the way of a car that is going to rear end you?

What are your (smart) reasons for leaving so much room between you and another car at an intersection?

-John

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It's called situational awareness, something everyone should already be practicing

Having enough space between you and the vehicle in front of you allows room to unass any situation. You've got the front of your vehicle as close as you say. Might as well be a proctologist.

Have both front & rear dash cams in the vehicles just in case someone like you decides to GO! as the light turns green, while the rest of us are waiting for the moron in front to stop texting.

Yeah, in the jungles of Cambodia, you need to be situationaly aware.

Parked at a stop light in Denver, you need to be efficient and considerate.

You need to make sure you, and as many of the drivers behind you, get through the intersection.

If you are scared, do not drive.

-John

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Originally Posted by arbol

Yeah, in the jungles of Cambodia, you need to be situationaly aware.

Parked at a stop light in Denver, you need to be efficient and considerate.

You need to make sure you, and as many of the drivers behind you, get through the intersection.

If you are scared, do not drive.

-John

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Getting through an intersection has more to do with getting on the throttle than the amount of space in front of you. Doesn't do any good if you are on someone's ass and they are looking at their phone.

This is what horns are for.

-John

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Originally Posted by FoxtArt

I'll take a stab at this as well.

A small, four door car might have a distance between vehicles of 8' with this rule.

A larger, old truck might have a distance between vehicles of 30'+ with this rule. You can fit another vehicle, and then some, or practically two. Other drivers won't get angry, they'll just think your brand new to a vehicle that's more than 6" above the ground.

Simple height v. viewing angle, etc.

Does the old pickup need further distance between vehicles when stopped at an intersection?

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Ever had a car die in front of you? Have enough room to turn out. The old pickup will need the turning distance to get into another lane safely.

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Originally Posted by theGinsue

Hell no. I was always taught to leave enough room where (in a standard car) you can see 2' of pavement behind the rear tire of the vehicle in front of you. By doing this, unless someone totally smashes into you from behind, you should be able to avoid running into that car if you get rear ended. In CO, it doesn't matter who caused the wreck, if you get pushed into the car in front of you, YOUR insurance has to pay for the car in front of you.

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Source? That's not how we determine liability in auto adjusting.