Re: A safe distance.

[raf40@oes.amdahl.com (Richard Funnell)]

>I like my older brother's philosophy on tailgating.
>
>        If you follow at 4 or 5 car links and the guy ahead of you slams
>        on brakes or hits something, you're gonna really smack him pretty
>        hard.  If you're only a foot or so from his bumper, you distribute
>        all your energy into tearing up his car - no impact between you and
>        him.
>
>Sounds good anyway.  And makes sense, given the assumption that you're
>gonna make contact.
>
>Jeremy

I've got to say that's not an assumption I generally make (something about
self-fulfilling prophesies?).

Richard Funnell,
San Jose, California
'83 urQ
'87 560 SL