Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

Re:Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run by DanBC on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @09:32PM (#9148891)

You're travelling at speed to get past a dangerous driver -- so for that short time you're at risk. And then when you're in front of them you risk their poor brake control amd distance judgement until you get far enough away from them.

When you're behind them you iust need to leave a suitable braking gap. They're unlikely to come backwards.

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Re:Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run by cthalupa on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @09:50PM (#9148949)

>You're travelling at speed to get past a dangerous driver -- so for that short time you're at risk

Certainly. For that short time, rather than the extended time if I'm driving behind them.

>then when you're in front of them you risk their poor brake control amd distance judgement until you get far enough away from them.

Thus why I get away from them quickly.

>When you're behind them you iust need to leave a suitable braking gap. They're unlikely to come backwards.

Until they run into something. Even if they manage to not completely wreck, they very well might leave behind debris.

If I stay near them I am going to constantly be having to react to their actions, which are extremely unpredictable by nature. Even with a suitable breaking gap, I can't account for every possible outcome, and any lapse in my concentration is many times more dangerous than it would be otherwise. The longer I am behind them, the more fatiguing it is to be on a hyper state of alert, increasing the chances that my focus will slip.

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