Tailgating

Posted by: JohnC

28th Jan 2011 07:29am

Something I absolutely hate while driving. There is no reason for it and it is very dangerous. Vicroads teaches to leave a 2 second gap from the car in front, but who can estimate 2 seconds while driving at 100km/hr? It is much better to use a rule of thumb which is 1 car length for every 10km/hr of speed, plus 50% more if the road is wet.

Bostin Blacky

5th Apr 2011 04:55am

I travel every two weeks up Northland and back, 740 KM in two days.
Over the years many accidents I have seen with people following to close.
When I am doing 100km the distance between my car and the one in front I keep to about 4 car lengths. One time I had to stop fairly quickly and with the oil on the road it gave enoufgh clearance to stop about half a car behind the one in front. So keep a good distance behind the car in front for you do not know the condition of the road.
Bostin Blacky

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