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i am the same way, 2 second rule... when a car passes a set object, you should be at least 2 seconds behind it
In the motorcycle safety course I took it is the 2 second rule, and 8 second rule for how far ahead you should be looking at all possibilities.
It's crazy how some passengers say that I notice everything too much while driving. Last time I checked, that's a great thing! Goes to show how much people don't pay attention while driving.
In the motorcycle safety course I took it is the 2 second rule, and 8 second rule for how far ahead you should be looking at all possibilities.
It's crazy how some passengers say that I notice everything too much while driving. Last time I checked, that's a great thing! Goes to show how much people don't pay attention while driving.
I learned something similar in my motorcycle class. It was mentioned that a lot of people focus their eyes on the back of the car immediately in front of them instead of looking ahead toward the horizon and letting their peripheral vision take care of things up close.
I took note of that, and now even in my car, when traffic screeches to a halt at one of the many tunnels around here I'm on the brakes before the next 4 or 5 cars in front of me have noticed traffic has stopped.
Last edited by patrickoneal; Dec 21, 2015 at 11:57 AM.
Situational awareness is always a good thing to have at the racetrack or the highway. Vision is a key area, and rather than focus on the car directly ahead, I'll look through their windshield (if possible) and see what's going on ahead of them. It's just as helpful when you're drafting someone at triple digit speeds on the racetrack, or when you see the car ahead has left NO following distance to the traffic ahead of them.
When I took driver's ed back in the mid-1980s, we learned to give each other enough distance to safely react to any situation. Are they still teaching that?
Not in MD, DC or VA. It's like they give them extra points on the exam if they tailgate.
In the motorcycle safety course I took it is the 2 second rule, and 8 second rule for how far ahead you should be looking at all possibilities.
It's crazy how some passengers say that I notice everything too much while driving. Last time I checked, that's a great thing! Goes to show how much people don't pay attention while driving.
i hear you there, as a volunteer fireman we get stuck directing traffic when the power goes out. Its probably one of the most terrifying things knowing that you're in the middle of the road and people are watching everything but the road. Just a couple weeks ago we were directing traffic and we had one car stopped and the 2nd car (honda civic) was like 150 feet back and instead of stopping behind the car in front of him with the people with lights and reflective vests in the middle of the road and firetruck with lights flashing, he decides to go in the turning lane to try and pass at 45 mph. Next thing you know he locks up his brakes and almost hits my buddy. needless to say out safety officer ripped that guy a new a hole
I dont see how he hit the guy up front of him. Everything aside, there isn't many grocery getters that can out break the Z. (giving the guy the benefit of the doubt that he cared about his safety and had good expensive tires on his car) Getting hit in the rear isnt his fault but if you nail something with your nose, you are doing it wrong.
Situational awareness is always a good thing to have at the racetrack or the highway. Vision is a key area, and rather than focus on the car directly ahead, I'll look through their windshield (if possible) and see what's going on ahead of them. It's just as helpful when you're drafting someone at triple digit speeds on the racetrack, or when you see the car ahead has left NO following distance to the traffic ahead of them.
That's exactly the strategy I use, try and see what's going on in front of the car I'm behind. I don't tailgate which causes ppl to become upset that I'm not moving fast enough. Where I'm at you must wait a second or 2 after the lights change green, or you'll get run over by red runners.
In the motorcycle safety course I took it is the 2 second rule, and 8 seacond rule for how far ahead you should be looking at all possibilities.
It's crazy how some passengers say that I notice everything too much while driving. Last time I checked, that's a great thing! Goes to show how much people don't pay attention while driving.
that is what they taught in paramedic school when driving the ambulances, also where you see heavy oil spots, there is usually a dip or peak 6 or so feet in front of it
lol. 2nd try. First try was dead right @ 28 years old.
Although I always try my best to be aware of my surroundings at any speed. You learn a great deal when your first car was a 280z... No help from anything.
Last edited by TeamZleep; Dec 21, 2015 at 05:37 PM.
Yeah bro. I hate when some idiot on his Toyota with a drum brakes tailgating me as close as I can see his kids on the back seat. He is not realizing what Brembo brakes can actually do, and how fast its can bring Z to complete stop. I even put the Brembo® sticker on my rear bumper, but most of the *******s don't even know what is it.
Brembo brakes simply don't fade over extended use like the stock brakes would...but standard and Brembo brakes are very good.
Your thinking is extremely questionable if you think putting a Brembo sticker on your car communicates anything meaningful to anyone. People who tailgate are not people who think about others or care about others...they do it for it the thrill and for the annoyance to the car in front, or out of impatience thinking they can intimidate someone to go faster so they too can then go faster.
I was driving on the parkway when someone cut off a few cars in-front of me, who stopped short causing a chain reaction making others stop short as well. I barely had any time to react so I swerved trying to prevent a head on collision. The driver in-front of me swerved as well. After I swerved I clicked the car infront of me causing me to spin around and ending up smashing into the car in-front of him who stopped short. The person who caused it drove away like nothing happened. In the end, nobody was seriously harmed and my Z was the only car totaled ):
This was largely your fault to be honest....if you're driving at highway speeds and not giving enough distance to cars ahead that you don't have enough time to react...well it's only a matter of time that someone else makes a mistake that you haven't given yourself time to adapt to. All people always make mistakes....so it's foolish not to always be planning for when they happen.
Glad you're ok, and hope you learn from this...if the Z rolls and the roof collapses you will likely die. Highways are not the place to leave your thinking cap off.
Z's for awhile were the number one car for people being killed....you were almost another one from not driving safely. Talking in a direct style as this is serious business....you hurt or kill someone else and everyone's life is ruined...all for the sake of a little fun without thinking like an adult. If people cut you off from leaving too big a space in front of you....be a grown up....you arrive maybe six seconds later than you'd like....sometimes I've even pulled over to the shoulder and let a pack of cars get a few minutes past me when they start bunching up and driving like cavemen that have no respect for their health or life, or mine.
If everyone else had time to react and avoid totaling their car...there is something wrong with the way your drive. Truly hope you fix that, for your sake and more importantly, the lives of others that already do take into account the lives of others.
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Brembo brakes simply don't fade over extended use like the stock brakes would...but standard and Brembo brakes are very good.
Your thinking is extremely questionable if you think putting a Brembo sticker on your car communicates anything meaningful to anyone. People who tailgate are not people who think about others or care about others...they do it for it the thrill and for the annoyance to the car in front, or out of impatience thinking they can intimidate someone to go faster so they too can then go faster.
If I have an ******* on my tail and no passenger in my car, I'm simply slaming on the brakes and he begin to keep the distance right away. It's works quite well every time. And yes, I have a wide P Zero's, and sometimes I feel my ears clogged under hard braking. And I would disagree with a previous post about "Brembo calipers meen nothing". As bigger pad you have, as more surface engaged and its meen more stopping power. Good tires is must have, its true.
If I have an ******* on my tail and no passenger in my car, I'm simply slaming on the brakes and he begin to keep the distance right away. It's works quite well every time. And yes, I have a wide P Zero's, and sometimes I feel my ears clogged under hard braking. And I would disagree with a previous post about "Brembo calipers meen nothing". As bigger pad you have, as more surface engaged and its meen more stopping power. Good tires is must have, its true.
I don't know how slamming on the brakes and having some idiot potentially crash into your Z will do any good. Why be an a$$, just use some of that VQ power and pull away, or swap lanes and leave the tailgating jerk in your dust.
And the point of the previous post was not that "Brembo calipers mean nothing", but that the true value of the Brembo (or Akebono sport brakes) are that they have a higher heat sink value for extended hard braking, like at the track. Brembos will not fade under repeated hard braking applications and will dissipate heat faster than the OEM brakes. Both the stock brake pads and Brembos will bring the Z to a stop in similar distances, but the Brembos will repeat that feat over and over again.
