Ralph Shumaker wrote:
I'd like to know why nobody seems to notice the involvement of tailgaters in accidents.
It's worse than that. Practically all of our traffic jams are caused by lack of following distance.
If every car has following distance, *even at low speeds*, merge systems work. People can change lanes. Traffic hiccups simply get eaten by the following distance getting a little smaller for everybody rather than coming to a screeching halt.
Unfortunately, Southern Californians regard following distance like antimatter. MUST ANNIHILATE!
The main problem is just lack of number of cops. By and large, everyone gets away with anything on the roads because the police density is too small.
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