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.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Cars travel east on Highway 542 towards Mount Baker early on Thursday, Jan. 6, in Whatcom County. Warren Sterling The Bellingham Herald How close is too close when it comes to following distance on ...

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.

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 ...