" This distance is somewhat adjustable but even on the closest setting there is space between the Infiniti and the car in front. California drivers don't like spaces." Asphalt Agoraphobia (AA) is not just a California problem. It appears that many in the US are afflicted by a morbid dread of uncovered road. Some say they were told as children that an uncovered piece of road more than two car lengths long can suddenly rear up and devour the next car in line. The few people who use the two-second spacing rule when following other cars on the freeway have been known to induce major panic attacks in passengers who suffer from AA. Those afflicted with extreme levels of AA will even move their car across multiple lanes into a gap left by those "dangerous two-second idiots". More normal sufferers disguise their affliction as they dart from space to space by saying they are "keeping up with traffic".
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