10-18-2017, 01:15 PM
Yeah, exactly. It’s a term I remembered from Young Driver’s when I took their course in the late 90’s - driving too fast for what is illuminated ahead of you. The idea is that you moderate your seed so you can always stop if you see something. If your stopping time exceeds that boundary ahead of you, you’re “overdriving”. If visibility decreases (snow/rain) because your lighting is occluded, you slow down.
In this case, my fear of crackling leaves behind me exceeded my headlight illumination boundary.
In this case, my fear of crackling leaves behind me exceeded my headlight illumination boundary.