View Poll Results: Your red light spacing
0-2 feet
2
4.76%
2-4 feet
23
54.76%
5-7 feet
10
23.81%
car length or more
5
11.90%
I have a snow plow mod and push the mf'ers outta my way!!!
2
4.76%
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Red light: how much space do you leave between you and car ahead?
#1
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Red light: how much space do you leave between you and car ahead?
When stopping at a red light, how much space do you leave between the rear of the car in front of you and your car's nose?
This is the bay area, no some countryside. If people leave too much room, then people several cars back don't make it through the intersection.
So I'm on my way to a relatives house and I come to a stop behind a pickup truck, and I leave the typical 4-5' space between me and the pickup. I'm tired but not in a hurry and I'm just chilling and bored at the light. Then I notice the ***** old man in the (Dewey Pest Control) truck is making irate gestures at me. I'm like, wtf? Then the light turns green and he proceeds to drive 5 mph like I'd been tail-gating him. He takes the turn and flicks me off which I promptly return and yell out the window, "THAT'S NOT TAIL GAITING YOU DUMB****!"
The ***** looked like he was in his 60's and looked like he's stuck in the 1950's with his perception of the world.
This is the bay area, no some countryside. If people leave too much room, then people several cars back don't make it through the intersection.
So I'm on my way to a relatives house and I come to a stop behind a pickup truck, and I leave the typical 4-5' space between me and the pickup. I'm tired but not in a hurry and I'm just chilling and bored at the light. Then I notice the ***** old man in the (Dewey Pest Control) truck is making irate gestures at me. I'm like, wtf? Then the light turns green and he proceeds to drive 5 mph like I'd been tail-gating him. He takes the turn and flicks me off which I promptly return and yell out the window, "THAT'S NOT TAIL GAITING YOU DUMB****!"
The ***** looked like he was in his 60's and looked like he's stuck in the 1950's with his perception of the world.
Last edited by chimchimm5; 04-04-2008 at 11:15 AM.
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Most people wouldn't have thought anything of how close I was; because I wasn't close. It's the old ***** in the truck that had an unwarranted problem.
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I usually roll up to within 2-4 feet. I can't stand it when people leave 2 car lengths in front of them or what not. I have to drive through watsonville every A.M. and there's a section with like 5 stop lights in a half mile. People constantly do that and it makes you miss lights. Pisses me off.
I figure if you're coming from the side trying to squeeze in tough ****. If I get hit from behind and smack the car in front of me... tough **** it's the other guys fault.
I figure if you're coming from the side trying to squeeze in tough ****. If I get hit from behind and smack the car in front of me... tough **** it's the other guys fault.
#11
I'm a firm believer in... "slower traffic move the **** over!"
So....I flash my highs, with about....50yrs and closing, mebbe more if the speed warrants it.
And...I did that all the way back to California.
#14
i understand everyone else's point about staying packed in tight to avoid missing lights, mf'ers cutting in, etc., but i'd prefer to have an "out" if the situation called for one.