Multi-car wrecks

[Anonymous]

Another multi-car highway pileup (in PA). Amazing that this keeps happening. Why do so, so many people seem ignorant of the concept of keeping enough distance between cars that you have time to stop if you need to? Aren't people taught that in driving school anymore? We need to make it a law to keep a certain distance between your car and the car in front of you. That would take care of tailgating, too.

That is all.

[Anonymous]

Often if you leave the space you need someone will just cut in front of you, so you need to figure what’s the most you can leave without that happening

Also don’t be so judgy

[Anonymous]

Based on the time of night it occurred (3am wasn't it?) and the weather conditions, my guess is there was black ice on the road and each car that turned the corner on the pile-up coudln't stop.

At that time of night, there's not much traffic so not tailgating either. I've driven that road a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Often if you leave the space you need someone will just cut in front of you, so you need to figure what’s the most you can leave without that happening

Also don’t be so judgy

Yep. It's impossible sometimes to leave the recommended amount of space. You'd need to keep slowing down every time a car cuts in front of you. Then you'll get rear ended by the car behind you that wasn't keeping enough space.

[Anonymous]

You can leave space in front of you, but if there's a FedEx truck following you at speed when the bus flips, it won't make a bit of difference.

I had a friend involved in a chain reaction accident. She had plenty of time to stop when she saw what was happening -- then she was rear-ended and shoved right into the carnage. (She was fine, but her car was totaled).

It can happen to you, DCUM. Quit trying to blame the victims and think you're immune from tragedy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Often if you leave the space you need someone will just cut in front of you, so you need to figure what’s the most you can leave without that happening

Also don’t be so judgy

Yep. It's impossible sometimes to leave the recommended amount of space. You'd need to keep slowing down every time a car cuts in front of you. Then you'll get rear ended by the car behind you that wasn't keeping enough space.

This. My car has a sort of self-driving mode and it will maintain a safe distance when I enable cruise on highways. Of course, cars keep lane changing into the safe gap I leave in front of me...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Often if you leave the space you need someone will just cut in front of you, so you need to figure what’s the most you can leave without that happening

Also don’t be so judgy

Yep. It's impossible sometimes to leave the recommended amount of space. You'd need to keep slowing down every time a car cuts in front of you. Then you'll get rear ended by the car behind you that wasn't keeping enough space.

This. My car has a sort of self-driving mode and it will maintain a safe distance when I enable cruise on highways. Of course, cars keep lane changing into the safe gap I leave in front of me...

This. I pretty much always use my adaptive cruise control when driving at speed on the highway, but plenty of cars jump in my safe distance and my car slows down. I have thought that if more people used this feature, the roads would probably be safer.

On a related note, I know someone who was at a red light and rear ended at full speed. Most likely the guy was on the phone, but I assume if his vehicle had automatic braking like mine does, his vehicle would at least have slowed down before hitting the stopped car in front of him. Self driving cars have to be an improvement given how many people look at their phone while driving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another multi-car highway pileup (in PA). Amazing that this keeps happening. Why do so, so many people seem ignorant of the concept of keeping enough distance between cars that you have time to stop if you need to? Aren't people taught that in driving school anymore? We need to make it a law to keep a certain distance between your car and the car in front of you. That would take care of tailgating, too.

That is all.

Have you ever driven that stretch of road in Pa? I have and there is just no room for error. I hate any road that goes through the Pa mountains. My husband and I do everything we can to avoid them. We just missed a huge rock slide one night. We've driven through them in heavy fog and rain and it is terrifying.

[Anonymous]

The whole "it's no one's fault" thing is such incredible BS.

Yes, it IS someone's fault. Everyone tailgating, and everyone who cuts back over in front of someone, thus decreasing the following distance of the person behind them.

They are the ones at fault. All of them. And you too, if you're either one of these types.

[Anonymous]

Tailgating has gotten crazy. Every time I’m on the road someone is on my ASS. I’m in CA. Our speed limit is 65 on the freeway. I go 75-80. No matter. There are always hordes of cars pushing me to go faster!! They push push push hoping I’ll speed up. All that does is make me slow down just to piss them off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tailgating has gotten crazy. Every time I’m on the road someone is on my ASS. I’m in CA. Our speed limit is 65 on the freeway. I go 75-80. No matter. There are always hordes of cars pushing me to go faster!! They push push push hoping I’ll speed up. All that does is make me slow down just to piss them off.

I just keep a huge pile of pennies in my center console coin slot, and just toss handfuls of them out the sunroof. They go right into the hood and windshield of tailgaters.

[Anonymous]

I think crashes will decrease as adaptive cruise control and crash alert systems become standard in cars, which I think is probably at most 5-10 years from now.

If you don't have those features in your car, you just have to be careful. Of course, accidents can still happen and OP shouldn't be so judgmental.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tailgating has gotten crazy. Every time I’m on the road someone is on my ASS. I’m in CA. Our speed limit is 65 on the freeway. I go 75-80. No matter. There are always hordes of cars pushing me to go faster!! They push push push hoping I’ll speed up. All that does is make me slow down just to piss them off.

I just keep a huge pile of pennies in my center console coin slot, and just toss handfuls of them out the sunroof. They go right into the hood and windshield of tailgaters.

holy shit. This works for you? Do you carry a gun in case somebody tries to kill you for doing this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tailgating has gotten crazy. Every time I’m on the road someone is on my ASS. I’m in CA. Our speed limit is 65 on the freeway. I go 75-80. No matter. There are always hordes of cars pushing me to go faster!! They push push push hoping I’ll speed up. All that does is make me slow down just to piss them off.

I just keep a huge pile of pennies in my center console coin slot, and just toss handfuls of them out the sunroof. They go right into the hood and windshield of tailgaters.

I'm embarrassed to admit how much I love this idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tailgating has gotten crazy. Every time I’m on the road someone is on my ASS. I’m in CA. Our speed limit is 65 on the freeway. I go 75-80. No matter. There are always hordes of cars pushing me to go faster!! They push push push hoping I’ll speed up. All that does is make me slow down just to piss them off.

If this is happening in the left lane, move over. If not, I got nothing.