08-30-2013, 10:12 PM
Robert M wrote:
Mavic,
Seriously. You're playing semantics. People follow the law. The likelihood of a collision is reduced to a vastly lower level. That was the intention of my support for what Matt said. If I wasn't clear, then I apologize. Bear in mind, if you're driving slowly, the person behind will in turn be forced to slow down. If he/she is following the law, paying attention, etc, then it will be a non-issue. Maybe an inconvenience to those who break the law but that's their problem.
My point is, you're claiming that a crash of no fault of your own is somehow "not a problem".
My jaw dropped when you said this: "If the car in front slows down and I have to slow down because of it, it causes my brakes to wear, I have to use more gas to accelerate up to speed and it takes time out of my life. Those are all certainly problems someone can experience even if they're following the law."
With all due respect, the above statement is ridiculous.
Robert
Far less ridiculous than you claiming a crash is "not a problem".
If a problem can occur for a driver who follows the law - no matter how minor - it still disproves the statement "not a problem if you follow the law." Generalizations like this are incredibly easy to poke a hole in. I'm surprised you don't see that.