Safe Overtaking

[Nzy]

for 1 i'm gracious, i give way and allow SLOWER cars eg honda jazz to overtake me

i also don't deliberately jam brake and cause accidents

 

i don't tailgate others unless they are asking for it, like you who loves to keep a whole lot of unnecessary distance between your car and the car infront

are your brakes really THAT bad that you need 5 car lengths?

 

of course, you don't have much $$ thats why you ended up with honda jazz

i'd save the money to get a more decent car like a kia forte instead, at least that car has proper brakes unlike your cheap jazz

 

My cousin drove kia forte before. 5 car lengths at 100km/h not enough. The guy infront jam brakes and he immediately jammed his brakes also. But still hit the other car and the damage was still quite bad. Need around 10 car lengths for 100km/h.

[Fourth]

.... tried to overtake me, but I prevented it by speeding up.

 

You are exactly the type of selfish driver I would like to go after.

[Mightymito]

go back to driving school. U need it

[Jchuacl]

Abs does not mean shorter braking distance.

90-100km/h should be on lane 2, not lane 1.

 

Yup. Thats what I meant. Just that some people want to keep a safe distance. I also will keep at least 6 car lengths away from the car infront if I was travelling at 90-100km/h because my car has no abs and if the car in front jam brakes I sure hit him.

 

Car A is not hogging if he maintains the 5-6 car gap. But he should not high beam and horn after being overtaken. He should have just released the accelerator and maintain the 5-6 car gap again.

 

[Jchuacl]

No point of going after pple who have bad intentions because they don't care and don't bother due to the lack of grace on their part.

And don't offend petty pple as they will rem and get back at u regardless of whether they are right not .

 

 

You are exactly the type of selfish driver I would like to go after.

 

[Darthrevan]

My cousin drove kia forte before. 5 car lengths at 100km/h not enough. The guy infront jam brakes and he immediately jammed his brakes also. But still hit the other car and the damage was still quite bad. Need around 10 car lengths for 100km/h.

 

u're the only one who discuss sensibly here

[Jamesc]

Cannot overtake means cannot overtake, don't say people MOFO.

If skills so good would have overtaken no matter what.

Honda jazz can smoke and keep up will most cars.

I drive safe. Not impatient.

 

 

Once an unlucky mazda3 was following behind me in the AYE, tried to overtake me, but I prevented it by speeding up.I have utter regards for the driver skills and car and braking skills.

The front traffic has came to a crawl, and I waited till the last minute to brake hard. The mazda3 was super steady, and he braked even harder and managed to stop in time. All the while I was o bserving my rear view mirror, kudus to it braking skills. But in a split second, I heard a BANG, the Mazda was shafted halfway in between lane1 and lane2 by a kuku taxi which could not stop in time.

The traffic in front of me moved, and I drove off with my journey. I was feeling so happy that day for being an evil person.

 

You say you drive safe then

 

you say you cause an accident by speeding up to prevent people over taking.

 

Then you say no are not n MOFO but then you say "I was feeling so happy that day for being an evil person."

 

So you do realise the contradictions means you are lying.

[BITURBO]

the high beam from car A is outside of ur control...just overtake safely...pls watch the traffic in front as well for both lanes 1 and 2...

[questionedfish]

My cousin drove kia forte before. 5 car lengths at 100km/h not enough. The guy infront jam brakes and he immediately jammed his brakes also. But still hit the other car and the damage was still quite bad. Need around 10 car lengths for 100km/h.

 

10 car lengths for 100km/h, and the one behind you confirm kpkb

[Thedream]

My cousin drove kia forte before. 5 car lengths at 100km/h not enough. The guy infront jam brakes and he immediately jammed his brakes also. But still hit the other car and the damage was still quite bad. Need around 10 car lengths for 100km/h.

 

I seriously think there was something wrong with his brakes...

 

Or another way to look at it is that if he needs such a long distance to stop, he should not be traveling at 100km/h

[Expertz]

My cousin drove kia forte before. 5 car lengths at 100km/h not enough. The guy infront jam brakes and he immediately jammed his brakes also. But still hit the other car and the damage was still quite bad. Need around 10 car lengths for 100km/h.

 

obviously the problem lies with the user, not the car

if a car cannot come to a complete stop with a 5 car length buffer at only 100km/h then it will be a major road hazard and we'll have forte accidents everywhere already

but we don't do we?

thus user problem, don't blame the car

[Jchuacl]

Might be due to poor tyres and reaction time as well.

 

I seriously think there was something wrong with his brakes...

 

Or another way to look at it is that if he needs such a long distance to stop, he should not be traveling at 100km/h

 

[Nzy]

I seriously think there was something wrong with his brakes...

 

Or another way to look at it is that if he needs such a long distance to stop, he should not be traveling at 100km/h

 

Doesnt seem to have any problem. Cuz after that accident he sent for repair they checked everything and the brakes were ok. Maybe the abs never work properly cuz there was a screeching sound. Like as if the tires locked up intermittently.

[Nzy]

Might be due to poor tyres and reaction time as well.

 

The car was quite new. Less than 10000km. Cuz he just bought it at that time. Maybe the stock tires not good. But after that when he sold the car the new buyer also did not notice anything wrong with the brakes. At 100km/h with 5 car lengths u only have 0.9 seconds to react and step on the brakes if not u will hit the car in front. If I did not remember wrongly the average driver reaction time is around 1.5s?

Edited October 23, 2010 by Nzy

[Joseph22]

Doesnt seem to have any problem. Cuz after that accident he sent for repair they checked everything and the brakes were ok. Maybe the abs never work properly cuz there was a screeching sound. Like as if the tires locked up intermittently.

 

driver slow reaction lor.

[Nzy]

driver slow reaction lor.

 

But at 100km/h with 5 car lengths u only have 0.9s to react and step on the brakes. Even then u there will be no gap between ur car and the car infront after both stopped. And thats assuming that both cars have exactly the same stopping distance. But then I also agree that 5-6 car lengths is what I would tolerate. lol. Cuz its not often that the car infront has to emergency brake all the way till completly stop. Just that for my cousin's accident the car stopped completely cuz a branch fell off from a lorry infront and the guy was trying to avoid it.

[Darryn]

Emergency braking is so easy in our modern car, 2car safety distance theoretically can braked in time. But it the kuku third car behind you that will not be able to brake in time, even if he is driving with the best BKK!!!!

 

Err...sorry but WRONG.

 

It is not braking that matters but reaction time.

 

The average driver takes 1.5 seconds between seeing the brake lights of the car in front, and depressing his own brake (0.75 secs to recognise and decide on action, 0.75 secs to move foot and push brake)

 

At 100 km/h you are travelling at 41.66 m per second [(100 km/h x 1000m per km)/3600 seconds per hour]

 

1.5 x 41.66 in my math = 62.5 m....how many car lengths is that?

[Blackyv]

Err...sorry but WRONG.

 

It is not braking that matters but reaction time.

 

The average driver takes 1.5 seconds between seeing the brake lights of the car in front, and depressing his own brake (0.75 secs to recognise and decide on action, 0.75 secs to move foot and push brake)

 

At 100 km/h you are travelling at 41.66 m per second [(100 km/h x 1000m per km)/3600 seconds per hour]

 

1.5 x 41.66 in my math = 62.5 m....how many car lengths is that?

 

 

not sure about the calculation but 100km/h speed with 62.5m gap sounds very wide to me.... btw, at 100km/h, it should be 27.77m/s....