Marks & Harrison reports that maintaining a safe following distance is crucial to avoid accidents, recommending a three to ...

These days there’s no shortage of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to help mitigate accidents or prevent them altogether. One such system is known as a Following Distance Indicator, pioneered ...

Question: What’s the appropriate following distance when you’re behind another car? Four seconds? Two seconds? Or a specific number of car lengths? When does it become tailgating? Answer: It depends.

Q: What is the correct following distance? Everyone seems to be way too close behind each other. What can I do as a driver having someone too close behind me? Isn’t there a rule of so many vehicle ...

As it is for any driver, for owner-operator and Overdrive Extra blog contributor Gary Buchs, safety on the road is multifaceted. But the No. 1 thing he emphasizes in any conversation with another ...

Confusion over what is a 'safe following distance' has road safety researchers calling for a standardized definition to prevent tailgating. Confusion over what is a "safe following distance" has QUT ...

The worst kind of traffic jam is a “phantom” traffic jam — those backups that occur for seemingly no reason. Phantom jams leave you sitting there wondering: Why? Fact is, we do know what causes them, ...

Q: What is the legal following distance? What can I do when someone is following too close behind me? Isn’t there a rule of so many vehicle lengths for miles per hour to use as a guide? A: The only ...

How far behind other vehicles should you be for safe braking distance? Start counting from three seconds, and add seconds for heavier vehicles, high speed, tire-car condition, rain, snow, ice.