Comment on Be The Sunshine ☀️
tias@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks agoWhat do you do if they still stay behind you, refusing to pass?
There’s a minimum safe following distance that’s necessary to avoid accidents.
If they’re too close, I’m in danger of getting rear-ended.
The safe following distance depends on the speed we’re going.
I can’t control how close the car behind me is driving.
But what I can control is my speed.
So I let off the gas and slow down until my speed matches their distance.
(They’ll pass me long before that)
I use a maneuver that I call a “reverse pass.” I make them pass me whether they want to or not!
Turns out, when a vehicle is traveling at highway speed, it’s a lot easier to slow it down by 20 mph than it is to speed it up by 20 mph. This means it takes less distance. You can slow down in a shorter clear lane window than you can speed up.
If someone clearly wants to go faster than me but they’re too chicken shit to pass, I’ll force them to pass. When an opening forms, I’ll quickly move to the left lane, push hard on the brakes, drop my speed down, and move back to the right lane. By the time the dumbass has even figured out what’s happening, they’re already in front of me. They do not get a choice in the matter.
shoot
naught101@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Slow down until they do, or even pull over if it’s safe to.