All of this is subjective based on opinions of the person/observer. (the definitions and hpd stuff you quoted)  I used the term tailgating cause it expressed the simplest way to say what I was doing.  What I was doing does not literally fall under that term.  I guess I could edit everything to say I was following very closely yet over the safe minimum distance. I did the calculations I have facts on my side.

Why did you get pulled over? I couldn't seen any violations?

so you did the math while you were driving?
isn't that distracted driving?

Not for me
I know it might be hard for you to do math and drive though so I understand why you might think that  lol

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I required 12.25 feet to SAFELY stop.  That's under 1 car length.  I was doing that.  I was "SAFE".

I've done 160MPH going up H2 northbound. it was scary as hell.

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Done 150 in a white ‘71 challenger. 340 4bbl
That would be about 45 yrs ago on maui.
A la vanishng point.

If your an alert driver you reaction time would be somewhere in the 1 second mark, Thats from you seeing there break light come on to you hitting the breaks.

Your saying you need only 12.5 ft of space to stop safely would indicate that you were going at 12.5 Feet per Second = 8.522727 Miles per Hour.

any faster then that and you would impact the rear of her car in the 1 second time it took you to react and press the break, And that doesent even factor in the other cars deceleration speed caused by them breaking. 


This shows 1 of 3 things.

she was not break checking you, She was stuck in the same bullshit trafic you were.
You math is bullshit.
The whole story is made.

I've done 160MPH going up H2 northbound. it was scary as hell.

What were you driving?  When I was living on Oahu I owned a 2009 CTSV, auto, so governor controlled top speed of 179mph.  The stick version had no governor so top speed of that was 197mph, but the auto was faster 0-60 and in the qtr mile.

I loved that car but sold it because it would not be good on the gravel roads of Puna.

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What were you driving?  When I was living on Oahu I owned a 2009 CTSV, auto, so governor controlled top speed of 179mph.  The stick version had no governor so top speed of that was 197mph, but the auto was faster 0-60 and in the qtr mile.

I loved that car but sold it because it would be good on the gravel roads of Puna.

Maybe this guy hadn't had his coffee yet....or maybe he had too much..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC6ZNC2Fyfs&feature=youtu.be

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Where is that?
Looks familiar but I can't quite place it.