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GuruBuckaroo t1_iy5ls02 wrote

Mythbusters did an episode on this. Final conclusion: Yeah, it could help, but only at VERY dangerously close distances. And you'll go grey trying to drive that way.

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TheGnarWall t1_iy5ofgr wrote

Came here to mention this as well. From what I remember it barely helped at all too. Plus with all the adjusting you'd likely have to do with the gas pedal it's probably almost equal to just set the cruise control and not tailgate.

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chrisbe2e9 t1_iy62tf3 wrote

I remember that episode. it was one of the episodes that led me to believe that those people were largely incompetent and made things dramatic to improve ratings.

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