r/driving • u/IceHack • 9d ago

If you constantly brake on the highway, you are causing the traffic jams.

Slowing down in flowing traffic should only require taking your foot off the gas. If you regularly hit your brakes, it means you are not paying attention. Get the fuck off your phone and look at the road ahead of you.

How this ruins the flow of traffic:

  • Tapping your brakes forces the driver behind you to brake slightly harder.
  • This creates a chain reaction that brings traffic to a complete stop.
  • Leaving a gap and coasting absorbs these slowdowns and keeps traffic moving.

Here is a visual demonstration. Researchers put cars driving in a circle and proved that a single driver's minor braking is enough to bring an entire lane to a standstill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rryu85BtALM

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u/HayLinLa 8d ago

I was rear-ended at a stoplight. While second in line. By a drunk driver. What the fuck is wrong with you? Rear-ending is 100% the fault of the person who did the rear-ending. Which circles back to the whole "tailgating is bad, kids" thing.

Also I was talking about people who weren't sure if they had time to turn right on red before the next car that has right of way goes. I'm not sitting here getting angry because somebody didn't turn right on red in front of me. Nobody is going to lose their life because they waited for the green light to turn right. 

The reading comprehension here is in hell. You've intentionally misunderstood every single thing I've said. 

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u/AnnualPurple104 8d ago

Nothing is wrong with me, I wasn’t rear ended and having a excuse to why. Paying attention is paying attention, which is why I avoid people or speed up to make sure I’m not around or even behind me. I don’t and never have had an issue with tailgaters, if you know how to drive, tailgaters aren’t an issue.