*** Quoting Mark Raciborski from a message to Amy King ***
MR> Am i the only one that thinks thats a stupid law? The middle car could
MR> have been following the legal distance ,or stopped, around here as lon
MR> as you can see the tires touch the ground of the car infront of you
MR> your in legal limits, that space could be as little as 7 to 15 feet. A
MR> car moving at 25+ mph especally a heavy older car, or a SUV could easl
MR> move a car 50 or more feet opon hiting it in an accident.
Mark, Amy missed the fact that the first two cars were *stopped*.  The point 
however of 'legal distance' is clearly wrong in your post.  Leagal distance 
is always 'that distance sufficient to come to a full stop without hitting 
the car in front of you' if they come to a sudden stop.
For it to be 7 ft, you'd have to be going no more than about 5MPH on dry 
pavement. .  This is why the person who re-ends another is almost always 
at fault.
                                       xxcarol
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