Obviously, you can leave Austin Mini lengths or '69 Pontiac Parisienne
lengths as necessary to suit load and road conditions.     :-)

On 10/16/06, Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com> wrote:
>
> Jake de Villiers wrote:
>
> > I believe it was one car length for every ten miles an hour.
> > Can be difficult in major urban areas!
>
>
> That, I believe, is the suggested following distance -- which is mainly
> a function of reaction time.  A vehicle covers 1.5 feet per second per
> mile per hour so it's about 88 ft per second at 60mph.   6 VW lengths
> would give you more than a second to get on the brakes at 60 mph.  Of
> course actual braking distance varies by vehicle and is going to have a
> big effect on whether you plow into that car in front of you.
>
> Geo
>
>
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