Shout Out!!!!

[Brandt]

Hi there, just wanted to give a quick shout out to everyone who actually knows how to properly drive in the rain, i.e. not riding someones' bumper while driving over 65 mph or trying to make a solid 45 turn at 35+mph...apparently nobody here in Houston can grasp the physics behind what rain does to tires on the road lmao jkjk, seriously though, I'm from Michigan..so driving in the rain is quite literally a walk in the park compared to daily blizzard driving. These people have no idea what it is like to experience the hell that is "lake effect snow" But man I love the warm weather here lol For the few that live in Texas and know how to properly drive in this crazy rain, I salute you! We need more skilled drivers out there, rather than these people who drive like they're the only ones on the road...

that is all

 

[Monk]

Dry or wet........ Following to close is not going to gain anyone an advantage, but will be a disadvantage.
Some examples of ppl that are in such a habit of following to closely .......
Two lanes going in one direction, tree cars with less than 2 or 3 wheel widths bumper to bumper traveling at least 2 or 3 miles, this is something I see on my three mile ride to my house every day(observed as I use the open lane to go past them, and my rear view to see if they can pick up on what just happened to them........NOT). Why would anyone sit that close, they have no intention of passing, and they're usually in the left lane to boot.

As a retired OTR semi driver, I can say in most cases going though a town that I'll only be 5-10 sec. behind the ppl that did everything to weave though the traffic from one end to the other, and that's usually not even having to use my brakes(other than to hold it still at a light that couldn't be timed).

Most ppl can't judge feet/yards(maybe pro photographers), but there is a mental counting system that works well........
That's 1-1000; 2-1000; etc. If we count to 2 sec., from the time the car in front's rear-end passes a spot/shadow/pole/etc. that our car gets to 2 sec. later, then we are actually staying back the required footage required by law on the charts, pretty simple. The added benefit is in order to do this count we actually have to think about our distance.

 

[Brandt]

I simply could not have said it better! It just amazes me how these people can be in such a hurry when they don't realize that in the end, you're reckless driving habits will not get you to your destination very much quicker, you're really just creating a huge unnecessary risk to everyone else around you, including yourself.

It's one thing to be in a hurry, but driving unsafe and then getting into a car accident will only make things so much worse