Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB
by ethbr1 on Saturday April 13, 2024 @11:38PM
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Well, to play the example out...
Stopped car in unexpected place.
1 car in front of your vehicle, between you and the stopped car.
Assuming the car in front of you switches lanes around the stopped car with 1 car length of space between it and the stopped car.
So 2 car lengths + your personal gap for you to slow down.
So you could be going no faster than 20mph worst case (0 personal gap).
The issue is that the car in front of you doesn't need to stop, so can potentially "suck you in" at an unsafe speed, before you realize you'll need to come to a complete stop (assuming your lane change is blocked).
Stopped car in unexpected place.
1 car in front of your vehicle, between you and the stopped car.
Assuming the car in front of you switches lanes around the stopped car with 1 car length of space between it and the stopped car.
So 2 car lengths + your personal gap for you to slow down.
So you could be going no faster than 20mph worst case (0 personal gap).
The issue is that the car in front of you doesn't need to stop, so can potentially "suck you in" at an unsafe speed, before you realize you'll need to come to a complete stop (assuming your lane change is blocked).