WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE!
Driving with a couple of friends, one behind the other....
… THEN SUDDENLY!
You slam into the back of your friend, because you were following too close.
The question is, "What would be a safe distance away from my buddies while still following them?"
It is very simple, a quick rule of thumb
When you are following somebody in a convoy or pull up behind someone,
pick a landmark next to the vehicle in front of you. The
Definition
The safety distance is generally defined as the spatial distance to an object or the temporal distance from a process to avoid the emergence of a danger.
But let us keep it simple:
In road traffic, the safety distance is the distance between your vehicle and another vehicle.
That can be a following distance (from one vehicles bumper to another vehicles bumper) or a side distance (from one vehicles exterior side mirror to another vehicles exterior side mirror
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