Tag - Weather

It’s a gap. It’s meant to be a gap. It’s important that it remains a gap.

Have you noticed that when you’re driving in bad weather that some people are so convinced that their brakes will operate just as effectively as they do in the dry that they’re prepared to stake their lives on it? When the rain starts to bucket down, as it has in Perth over the last few days, I try to leave an extra gap between us and the car in front.

Strangely enough, a lot of drivers see that as an invitation to change lanes and slip into the gap. That’s not why it’s there. I don’t want to drive bumper to bumper while a strong cold front is lashing the city with rain and strong winds. I know that slowing down and leaving extra space between vehicles means that I’ll arrive where I’m going a little later but that’s fine by me. The gap’s there because I think keeping my family safe on the roads is more important than arriving at my destination a couple of minutes earlier.