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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by InitialLastName on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @03:07PM (#31344365)
> In the event of a pileup, it doesn’t really matter how much distance you’ve left.

For legal liability, that might be true. In reality, if you've left yourself a safe amount of distance, you have more opportunity to react to events in front of you in such a way that you minimize damage and loss of life (thus mattering).

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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by mbreese on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @06:32PM (#31346796)
If you’ve left enough room, you’re not part of the pile up. Kind of by definition…
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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by InitialLastName on Thursday May 12, 2022 @12:25PM (#31356353)
Even if you still crash, the extra second of braking time can take off ~10-15 mph [0], which at 60 mph V(t=0) is ~40% of the energy that would otherwise dissipate into your car and the cars you hit.

[0] https://copradar.com/chapts/references/acceleration.html

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