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Old 01-22-2010, 10:41 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Well the experiment took me out of my automatic 'lizard brain' as I drove home. I was more actively aware of the red rear lights at least 4 vehicles ahead. By studying these four 'rubberband' with each other, I adjusted accordingly. Aware of the LA driving style, my front gap was not wide enough at first but then I adjusted longer gaps that I no longer have to tap the brakes. Overtakers only appeared when we merge with more interchanges. Most interesting & fortunate, there was a Honda Accord driver behind me, conveniently stayed behind me with a comfortable distance, for about half our commute distance. We were at the #2 lane, yet we were comfortably moving along.
At the beginning it was slightly stressful, as I was accessing too much situational info but I settled down & the flow was much smoother.
My immediate observation is that I was really mimicking the maintained & lower speeds of long-haul trucks...plenty of spatial distances yet steady flow.
A new commuting style.
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