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Originally Posted by Richard Rowe
Well, man, if you don't think it would work for you, then go with what does. But you might want to try just maintaining a steady, lower speed. I (unfortunately) spent a lot of time on the West coast when I drove for Prime, and I never really had a problem with just maintaining a lower speed in traffic. Even in LA traffic, most of the time I'd just stick the thing in 6th gear and let it idle at about 10 mph. And that was in almost bumper-to-bumper traffic on the freeway.
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It's not about speed - certainly not on my part - but about the behavior of other drivers. I think maybe you are implicitly assuming that all those other drivers out there are going to act like rational people (and for all I know, in Florida they may) but around here they don't. They just will not allow you to maintain a proper following distance, any more than they will keep from passing you on the right, even though the left lane is perfectly clear.
Nor am I talking bumper-to-bumper at 10 mph, it's more like b-to-b at 60 mph or so. Honestly, I'm a lot more worried about the idiot behind me, yakking on his cell phone while navigating his SUV 10 feet from my rear bumper - and sheet metal on the rear of my car bears witness that my worries aren't unreasonabe.