Thus spake Tegger <invalid@invalid.inv> :

>Dillon Pyron <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote in
>news:fkma55lf3o7j0glv766gs9s22cg35eh091@4ax.com :
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>> I have been taught (for at least the last 20 years) to see the bottom
>> of the tires in front of you, and to keep your foot on the brakes
>> until the guy behind you is stopped.
>>
>> The bumper thing went out with 2&10
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>I think your 20-year thing may be out-of-date as well.
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>Last I heard, the new "safety" operating procedure is to leave at least one
>car-length between you and the vehicle in front when you first stop, until
>somebody comes to a stop behind you (in order to prevent being pushed into
>the car in front should you be rear-ended). At that point you're supposed
>to creep forward to the "bottom of the tires" viewpoint, leaving just
>enough room to be able to pass the car in front should it happen to stall
>or its driver die of boredom.
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>The irritating thing about this approach (at least for somebody who has a
>manual transmission and has been driving for 31 years) is that the entire
>time a light remains red, cars are now steadily creeping forwards, taking
>up that slack. If one is undesirous of burning up six months of one's
>clutch life at each red light, one ends up being left six car-lengths
>behind the position of the next car once that car has crept up with all the
>other creepers ahead of him.

Well, since there are about six of us left who can drive a stick, the
clutch life is a non issue :-Q

I have a friend who insists on the car length, but also says one
should use that length so that everyone can start moving at the same
time.
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- dillon I am not invalid

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