Shanahan Accident

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Front car wasn't necessarily right but I'm okay with the guy behind taking 100% fault.
No, the driver that kept up the speed and then jumped out at the last second *deliberately* took actions that set up the accident. He/she could have slowed down like normal and then come to a stop but he/she took an action that was designed to cause an accident, and deliberately involved an innocent party. "Not necessarily right" is absolutely no way to describe such selfish ass-hattery as that.
 

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He/she could have slowed down like normal and then come to a stop
Nah, if the front car slowed down or stopped normally they would have been rear ended.

High school drivers ed classes everywhere say you're supposed to maintain enough following distance to react to a change in conditions like a stopped car ahead. Being close enough for a Nascar bump draft is risking a lot for what, a couple seconds on your commute? That dude is a menace and should be off the road.
 

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Nah, if the front car slowed down or stopped normally they would have been rear ended.

High school drivers ed classes everywhere say you're supposed to maintain enough following distance to react to a change in conditions like a stopped car ahead. Being close enough for a Nascar bump draft is risking a lot for what, a couple seconds on your commute? That dude is a menace and should be off the road.
I think my drivers ed teacher back in like 83' told us to keep a 2 second distance between me and the car in front. I'm sure it's been revised a hundred times since. I mean we never had cell phones back then as a distraction so I guess it made sense at the time
 

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keep a 2 second distance between me and the car in front
Yeah I remember that, you'd use a sign or landmark and count the seconds when the first car passes it and stop counting when your vehicle passes it. I think the acceptable count depends on how fast you're going.

In that clip they were traveling 140 km/hr which is about 87 mph and don't even bother counting landmarks, it's just a tiny fraction of a second reaction time to avoid disaster. I wouldn't follow that close in a residential neighborhood.
 
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