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Originally Posted by Copie
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.
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Not done much country night driving eh?
On a single lane highway with bushes/scrub on the road side the 0.5 to 1.0 secs is the time it take the Roo to leave the side of the road and bump into you.