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Re:EU Starts Requiring Anti-Speeding Tech for New Cars by Kim_Bruning on Saturday July 09, 2022 @08:01PM (#32040528)
They're supposed to keep 2 seconds distance. (At 100 km/h that's ~28m or so) . Is that not the actual distance kept?
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Re:EU Starts Requiring Anti-Speeding Tech for New Cars by rad_gruchalski on Sunday July 10, 2022 @05:12AM (#32043054)
Definitely not. 28 meters is roughly 5 car length. That’s not what I experience in The Netherlands, especially during rush hour. Bumper to bumper with zero visibility two cars ahead.
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Re:EU Starts Requiring Anti-Speeding Tech for New Cars by iggldiggl on Sunday July 10, 2022 @08:35AM (#32044137)
Erm, 100 km/h / (3.6 (km/h)/(m/s)) * 2 sec ≈ 56 m. (And the rule of thumb you learn in driving school is dividing the speed in km/h by two.)
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