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Whaddya mean there’s no ice? You mean I gotta drink this coffee hot?
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I couldn’t agree m
Aha! You fools! Both of you have submitted to your own pet peeves!
I guess it depends on what you consider “too far”. You mentioned 50 feet as being too far. That’s what? 3 car lengths?
I like to stay back at least far enough to see the tires and pavement (maybe 3/4’s a car length? I’m bad at math, all forms), and most other folks here do too, even in the summer months.
I don’t live in a cold climate, but I remember being taught the “back tires and a bit of pavement” rule in Driver’s Ed. You should never pull right up on someone’s back end.
I agree completely; you shouldn’t pull right up to someone’s car’s back end - I drive a standard, and when I roll back a couple of inches starting out on a steep hill, I don’t want to have to worry that I’m going to hit your car. (I do notice that at the next stop light, I have plenty 'o room back there, though :D) I stop so I can see pavement under the back tire of the car in front of me, and don’t see any reason to stop further back or closer in, except in slippery conditions.