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Originally Posted by Bushbasher
If you think trailing behind a car is safer by any real margin I'd suggest you're wrong there. Firstly, and this has happened to me in the truck, the leading car could spook a stationary roo into coming out behind it and then you got no time to react or get out of the way cos you didn't see it in time, or, just as bad, the leading car swerves left or right and misses the roo and guess what, same end result, you are left with bugger all reaction time to deal with the sudden appearance of a roo in front of you. No thanks, I'd rather be out in front to give me maximum time to spot it and react.
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If your travelling at 100kmh, and have a distance of around 100-150m (what most people should give space wise for safety etc) that gives you 4-6 seconds of reaction time, now most peoples reaction times from seeing the obstacle (say the roo) to doing something about it is generally 0.5-1.0 seconds, leaves you at least 3 seconds to swerve, brake etc out of the way.