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Originally Posted by Ben73
I don’t know what South Australian motorways look like, but Sydney has twice the population than the entire state of SA. Plus you have all the traffic just passing through Sydney. If you leave and 80m gap 16 cars will try to get into that gap. The only way to keep a permanent 80m gap would be to drive at about 30kmh slower than everyone else. That way as people pass you they will move into your lane and that gap will not take too long to increase to 80m.
Leave a 10m gap on a busy motorway and I will take less than a minute before 2 cars attempt to get in the gap.
Not saying it’s safe t drive this close. But it happens all day every day. It usually works out ok since motorways are designed to keep traffic moving at speed with almost zero hazards or delays.
That’s why there’s no intersections, no traffic lights, no pedestrians, no parking, pretty much nothing but driving at a reasonable speed.
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Keep in mind Adelaide only has minimal freeways - South Eastern Freeway heading out of the joint and the new Northern Connector (that South Road superway thing is like 5km if that long).
They don't have the road network of freeways that Melbourne and Sydney have, everything is traffic light to traffic light on highways and the volume of traffic is very low in comparison.
It's probably difficult to comprehend the traffic issues both Melbourne and Sydney have and how aggressive people tend to drive.