In the mountains of Virginia, you are lucky to get 6 inches between two bumpers at 55 mph, especially up by Roanoke.
A defensive driving tactic might get you killed because you’ll have to literally stop to get more than a car length in front of you for longer than 1s.
Regional driving behaviors are to be expected, and they expect you to do the same. If you don’t, you might cause an accident. Humans are good at this. Machines, not so much.
I’ve driven around the country for several hundred thousand miles. Different parts of the country do things differently.
A defensive driving tactic might get you killed because you’ll have to literally stop to get more than a car length in front of you for longer than 1s.
Regional driving behaviors are to be expected, and they expect you to do the same. If you don’t, you might cause an accident. Humans are good at this. Machines, not so much.
I’ve driven around the country for several hundred thousand miles. Different parts of the country do things differently.