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Old 06-13-2012, 09:25 PM   #96 (permalink)
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Bull.
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That's exactly what you are doing. It most certainly not important to match speed in rush hour traffic. It is important to maintain a distance between your front bumper and the rear end of the car in front of you. If you don't have that, you will be part of a pile-up. And if you do, you have the freedom of moderating your speed and improving your mileage from less stop-and-go.

When people are forced to go around you they take their eyes off the road ahead and divert their attention to their mirrors looking for an opening to get around you, thus you are diverting others attention from the road ahead and that is why people who impede traffic are a hazard.

If you have seen any studies on traffic flow, it is people changing lanes that mess with the distance between cars because it forces a line of cars to the rear to apply their brakes. Your logic is only half there.
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