I usually go slightly faster or slower than most everyone else. It ensures i dont do my entire drive stuck in one of the packs that everyone seems to get caught up in. I’d much rather have half a mile of space between me and the next car than go the same speed as everybody else.
This doesn’t work in cities, or other states, but i spend my longest drive times going between cities in texas anyways.
This right here is what defensive driving is supposed to look like. If you have the option to distance yourself from the other cars on the road, that’s always best.
It baffles me seeing a group of cars on the road all bunched up with less than a second between them going 75. If there’s a hazard on the road that the cars behind don’t see, they’re all going to crash into each other when the guy in front slams his brakes.
Driving is all about awareness and predicting what others might do. I just assume at any point, anyone could need to suddenly brake hard. Plan accordingly and position yourself defensively.
On 3+ lane highways, I find I can match the speed of a car in front of me with something like a 100yd/m gap. Faster traffic passes on the left. Eventually, I’m left with a fellow big spacer behind me. There will be a few of us big spacers all big spacin’ together, and it’s very easy for the Racin’ Randys to pass. In heavier traffic, I might see them anxiously tailgating in the left lane a bit ahead. Impatient drivers will break through somewhere behind us big spacers and zoom up to join the tailgating crew.
Rarely have to use my brakes, and can even make rare lane changes when HIGHLY optimal. Remember taking the same exit as a guy once who I saw change lanes a million times super aggressively half an hour earlier. I changed lanes maybe thrice. Wonder how our blood pressures differed that day - I know our arrival times didn’t.
I’m in California and on long trips the strategy can still be effective! Love me a safety bubble. When enough big spacers are around, rapid lane switchers still have enough room to easily get up to tailgate ahead like they so desperately need to.
If you’re not tailgating, you’re never going to make it to your destination!!!11
I usually go slightly faster or slower than most everyone else. It ensures i dont do my entire drive stuck in one of the packs that everyone seems to get caught up in. I’d much rather have half a mile of space between me and the next car than go the same speed as everybody else.
This doesn’t work in cities, or other states, but i spend my longest drive times going between cities in texas anyways.
This right here is what defensive driving is supposed to look like. If you have the option to distance yourself from the other cars on the road, that’s always best.
It baffles me seeing a group of cars on the road all bunched up with less than a second between them going 75. If there’s a hazard on the road that the cars behind don’t see, they’re all going to crash into each other when the guy in front slams his brakes.
Driving is all about awareness and predicting what others might do. I just assume at any point, anyone could need to suddenly brake hard. Plan accordingly and position yourself defensively.
On 3+ lane highways, I find I can match the speed of a car in front of me with something like a 100yd/m gap. Faster traffic passes on the left. Eventually, I’m left with a fellow big spacer behind me. There will be a few of us big spacers all big spacin’ together, and it’s very easy for the Racin’ Randys to pass. In heavier traffic, I might see them anxiously tailgating in the left lane a bit ahead. Impatient drivers will break through somewhere behind us big spacers and zoom up to join the tailgating crew.
Rarely have to use my brakes, and can even make rare lane changes when HIGHLY optimal. Remember taking the same exit as a guy once who I saw change lanes a million times super aggressively half an hour earlier. I changed lanes maybe thrice. Wonder how our blood pressures differed that day - I know our arrival times didn’t.
This works when people respect the “slower cars move right” convention. In California, it’s a free for all because slow people camp in the left lanes.
I’m in California and on long trips the strategy can still be effective! Love me a safety bubble. When enough big spacers are around, rapid lane switchers still have enough room to easily get up to tailgate ahead like they so desperately need to.
If you’re not tailgating, you’re never going to make it to your destination!!!11