Driver hits woman in S.F., then Cruise driverless car runs her over

Re:Driver hits woman in S.F., then Cruise driverless car run... by meristohm on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:09AM (#37752941)

Yeah, the tailgating makes no sense unless preparing to pass. When I catch myself doing it it's because I'm emotional and feeling rushed, and I take a breath and remind myself to back off until it's safer to pass.

During a freeway slowdown I try to dampen the brake-waves by going slow and not braking so much, but if I leave too much space in front of me (for coasting), another driver moves in and we're back to playing accordion.

If all cars could sync up and move together like train cars on the freeway there'd be less brake dust and more efficient travel, but then I'd rather take a train anyway.

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Re:Driver hits woman in S.F., then Cruise driverless car run... by cjwilliams on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:42AM (#37753382)

Heroic. I try to do this too but everyone I know thinks I'm being neurotic when I explain it to them. I still see so many people accelerating into stoplights/brake scenarios.

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Re:Driver hits woman in S.F., then Cruise driverless car run... by nerdbert on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @12:02PM (#37753686)

> I still see so many people accelerating into stoplights/brake scenarios.

Every time I have to use the brake - rather than downshifting - for anything other than holding the car in place, makes me feel like I've committed a failure in planning and/or situational awareness.

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Re:Driver hits woman in S.F., then Cruise driverless car run... by drewbug01 on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @08:15AM (#37764039)

My driver’s ed instructor explicitly framed it like this in class, and it’s made me a much better freeway driver.

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Re:Driver hits woman in S.F., then Cruise driverless car run... by earthling8118 on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:59AM (#37753638)

I think it should be seen the other way around. Why should I have to stop moving, meaning using my brakes and subsequently the gas, just because the other drivers wanted to rush up to the light and wait? It's much easier for everyone if we do this smoothly

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Re:Driver hits woman in S.F., then Cruise driverless car run... by lsaferite on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @02:50PM (#37769829)

All those people you caused to miss a left turn light because you didn't feel the need to clear the turn-lane entry, because you wanted to keep slow-rolling, are cursing you. I have had that exaqct situation more times that I can count and every time I get angry at the other drive who thought "Why should I have to stop moving".

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Re:Driver hits woman in S.F., then Cruise driverless car run... by lamontcg on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @07:01PM (#37758745)

> but if I leave too much space in front of me (for coasting), another driver moves in and we're back to playing accordion.

stop caring about this and just slowly back off a little more.

someone else will eventually leave your lane in front of you and make up for it.

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