Re:7.1M miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo's safety data looks good
by LorenPechtel on Thursday December 21, 2023 @03:13PM
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He's wrong. What if that car ahead just got there and is moving far below your velocity? And there's the case of where the car ahead stopped in a fashion a car can't--ran into something massive or the like. Under standard driving conditions if the car in front of you is involved in a head-on at speed you're going to hit it. 2 second following distance assumes the car ahead is subject to the same physics you are.
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Re:7.1M miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo's safety data looks good
by bluGill on Thursday December 21, 2023 @03:32PM
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If you cannot see a car ahead of you in time to stop then you are going too fast for conditions.
The only time it can be not your fault is if the slow moving car switches lanes in front of you before there is time to stop.
Re:7.1M miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo's safety data looks good
by sib on Thursday December 21, 2023 @03:41PM
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The one exception is if a car pulls into a lane in front of you when you are traveling faster.
His actual statement was, "if you rear-end someone that you are following, it is your fault..."
If someone abruptly pulls in front of you, you weren't following them.