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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / December 2007A Reminder from the Federal Highway Administration
Swear to God, heard this on the radio just a minute ago from the Federal Highway Administration: "When the car in front of you stops, slow down, and prepare to stop." Yeah, THANKS!!! And here I was, about to ram up their a.s.... Glad to know my tax dollars are hard at work! > Swear to God, heard this on the radio just a minute ago from the > Federal Highway Administration: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Yeah, THANKS!!! And here I was, about to ram up their a.s.... Glad > to know my tax dollars are hard at work! The reminder exists because many don't slow down and prepare to stop. Instead, it usually works like this: The vehicle in front of them slows down, they keep speed as their following distance gets closer. The vehicle in front of them stops, then they brake very hard and the front of their car noticeably dips due to the sudden braking. If they stopped too late... collision. That is why it is always a good idea to begin braking as soon as the brake lights of the vehicle in front light to. > Instead, it usually works like this: The vehicle in front of them slows > down, they keep speed as their following distance gets closer. The vehicle [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > That is why it is always a good idea to begin braking as soon as the brake > lights of the vehicle in front light to. Some people actually take in more information than the tail-lamps of the vehicle directly in front of them. That recommendation is nothing more than one which causes congestion through braking waves. >> Swear to God, heard this on the radio just a minute ago from the >> Federal Highway Administration: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >That is why it is always a good idea to begin braking as soon as the brake >lights of the vehicle in front light to. What often happens is the vehicle in front of you is braking for absolutely no reason. That's why so many drivers will NOT do what you suggest; they have been trained to ignore brake lights and only pay attention to an obvious closing of the gap between their vehicle and the vehicle in front. Pithy, sanctimonious "reminders" such as the above are also going to be ignored. >>> Swear to God, heard this on the radio just a minute ago from the >>> Federal Highway Administration: [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >Pithy, sanctimonious "reminders" such as the above are also going to >be ignored. Why is that a bad thing? I love reading about Darwin's prizes. -- Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. - Admiral Hyman Rickover, U.S. Navy >> That is why it is always a good idea to begin braking as soon as the brake >> lights of the vehicle in front light to. In commute traffic, watching several vehicles ahead is better, because it allows you to follow closely (to keep out the line-cutters who cause slowdowns) and still be perfectly safe provided the guy in front of you only stops when *necessary*. (Your looking-ahead means you will see the fact that makes a stop necessary _before_ the guy in front of you even touches his brakes.) Of course, if he brakes maliciously, you're screwed. > Pithy, sanctimonious "reminders" such as the above are also going to > be ignored. And will lead drivers to ignore ALL messages on VMSes, including the important ones (construction advisories, "chains required ahead", etc) that the signs are FOR. This is why highway authorities need to resist all calls to display anything on a VMS except those and Amber Alerts. >Swear to God, heard this on the radio just a minute ago from the >Federal Highway Administration: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Yeah, THANKS!!! And here I was, about to ram up their a.s.... Glad >to know my tax dollars are hard at work! Hmm... Looks like Robert Sumwalt, Vice Chairman of the NTSB, has some competition for this year's Captain Obvious Award... Sumwalt is quoted as saying "the problem here apparently was that two trains were on the same track at the same time at the same location" regarding the recent Amtrak crash in Chicago. >>Swear to God, heard this on the radio just a minute ago from the >>Federal Highway Administration: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >trains were on the same track at the same time at the same location" >regarding the recent Amtrak crash in Chicago. He's been reading some of Yogi's work. -- Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. - Admiral Hyman Rickover, U.S. Navy >Swear to God, heard this on the radio just a minute ago from the >Federal Highway Administration: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Yeah, THANKS!!! And here I was, about to ram up their a.s.... Glad >to know my tax dollars are hard at work! The feds are trying to reduce the daily road kill count to 109. As usual, they'll fail. -- Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. - Admiral Hyman Rickover, U.S. Navy > Swear to God, heard this on the radio just a minute ago from the > Federal Highway Administration: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Yeah, THANKS!!! And here I was, about to ram up their a.s.... Glad > to know my tax dollars are hard at work! Good advice. Most geezers and drunks have never heard of it. >> Swear to God, heard this on the radio just a minute ago from the >> Federal Highway Administration: >> >> "When the car in front of you stops, slow down, and prepare to stop." > >Good advice. Most geezers and drunks have never heard of it. They have heard of it, they just can't implement it. |
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