For any idiot who thinks it's about safety

[meat]

Originally Posted by 4RE KLR

If I stop, regaurdless of why I stop in ANY siuation emergency or otherwise if you hit me from behind and we are both in the same lane traveling the same direction you are at fault, you are following too close.

Reeeally.

So - given your hypothetical "ANY siuation" (assuming that "siuation" means 'situation') - If you and I were in the same lane, traveling the same direction and you slam on your brakes and come to a stop and I hit you, I was following too close?

What if I was three miles away from you when you slammed on your brakes and came to a stop, continued to drive for three miles and hit you? was I still following too close?

"I have nipples, Greg, can you milk me?" - Jack Byrnes, Meet The Parents

Your 'ANY siuation' model doesn't hold up.

Originally Posted by 4RE KLR

I would advise you to check your highschool drivers ed book before giving your opinion a whirl.

And I would note that the Vehicle Code book is significantly more complete and quite a few more pages longer than your "highschool" drivers ed book.

Always use the best evidence, 4RE KLR. Always. If you're driving under the presumption that a drivers ed book is the 'be all, end all' of the law then you're in for a pretty rude awakening one day.

Your pal,
Meat.