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$440 Charge For A Wheel Scuff Raises Questions About Hertz's AI Rental Car Damage Scanner (www.jalopnik.com)
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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

If you're close enough to another vehicle on a gravel road that you're getting stones flicked up, there's no way that's a safe following distance, especially considering the increased stopping distances.

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

gravel travels fairly far when the vehicles are going 50 mph

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

Vehicles also skid very far at that speed.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 3 points 4 days ago

Your safe following distance on gravel at 50mph is more than that. 3 seconds is your minimum following distances on normal surfaces (used to be 2, advice has changed), you should have a 4 second following distance on gravel. https://www.drive-safely.net/safe-following-distance/

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

If you're going 50mph on a gravel road, you are fucking up.

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 days ago

if the government doesn't want me going 50 they wouldn't have set the speed limit to 45

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago

It's easy to armchair quarterback when you have the benefit of hindsight.

Go ride a motorcycle and then come back and tell us how many pebbles got enough in your direction, despite following at safe distances. I can assure you that you will be very surprised.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

I have had nicks in my windshield due to gravel thrown up by vehicles traveling in the opposite direction.