no, but a 1.5 ton car on brakes from the 1960's would take a much longer time to stop than the same car fitted with modern brakes and tyres, fact.

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 13:57, 3 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Yes, but a modern car is heavier than a car from the 60s and therfore overall stopping distances are about the same.
FACT.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 13:59, Reply)

bollocks
even my driving instructor said the that the stoping disatnces laid out i the highway code are out of date.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:01, Reply)

Your driving instructer was a fucking nonce.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:15, Reply)

Indeed
but the thinking distance is still the same, and if you're tailgating in the outside lane less than a second (preferably two) behind the car in front you'll hit it before you get chance to use your undoubtedly wonderful modern brakes and tyres.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:01, Reply)

yeah, but if you weren't in the way, then I wouldn't be tailgating you
therefore it's you fault
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:06, Reply)

I usually go around 80-85 on the motorway
and stay out of the outside lane as much as possible as it is full of ignorant cunts, so unlikely.
Many times I've undertaken a queue of such cunts simply by being in the otherwise empty inside lane, without altering speed.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:10, Reply)

gay

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:22, Reply)

and just like that, i win the argument

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:22, Reply)

It's impossible for you to win an argument, by definition
Even if arguing with yourself
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:25, Reply)