Originally Posted by Da Tinker
Been thinking about having a bumper sticker made up:
'It's simple. The closer you get, the slower I go.'
Indeed.
Consider a situation where you're going down the road at 45mph with a large SUV 18" from your rear bumper. Should you have to brake suddenly, you're going to lose control of your vehicle (when you get hit). Seems to me that if you're driving in such a manner that you cannot maintain control of your vehicle at all times, YOU'RE driving too fast for conditions. Not that you'd get cited for the wreck in that situation, but still, the only safe and lawful thing to do is to slow down. Shrug. FWIW.