Just to prove you should match your speed to weather conditions. It does not really matter are you driving in a bad weather or too close to someone, if you cannot see enough the results are the same all over the world.
- Just to be clear I drive fast and usually if I draft on winter I still use the 3 second rule. When you try to stop from 100 km/h like these guys were driving it will take about 350-450 meters depending do you have studded or studdless winter tires, because road was on ice. 2 seconds is nowhere near a safe distance. They braked about 3-4 second and driver was able to steer to snow bank. If you sink about one car length to snow which is half a meter deep your speed has been about 50-60 km/h. That I know from my own experience.
Last edited by Vekke; 02-04-2012 at 05:28 AM..
Reason: Corrected braking distances to icy conditions
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