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Old 06-05-2009, 02:58 PM   #52
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Originally Posted by CanadianRocky View Post
The safest distance you can travel behind another vehicle would be if that vehicle is stopped where it is, can you stop between where you are and where they are.

But it is always possible to travel that kind of distance because people who pass you and then come back in front of your car.

In the big trucks we teach five seconds.
That's what we did when I drove transit buses as well.
The 2 second rule works pretty well and if you add time for larger vehicles and adverse conditions then you are almost always good to go.
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