Sentences with phrase «second safe distance»

Your driving school instructor will recommend you to keep a three second safe distance from the vehicle in front of you if you are running at 35mph and an additional 1 second for every 10miles increased in speed.

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«Despite drivers perceiving they are following at a safe distance, our on - road data showed that in reality most don't leave the recommended two to three second gap,» he said.

In the same way that even the most hapless handyman could improve on a room previously decorated by the simple expedient of dropping a live hand grenade into an open tin of paint and retiring to a safe distance, you would justifiably expect this second - generation Mini Countryman to represent a considerable improvement over its predecessor.

When driving during major inclement weather such as snow, ice, heavy rain, etc., you should increase your safe following distance to a minimum of 6 seconds (during extreme icing events, as much as 10 seconds is recommended).

So now Comedy Guys Defensive Driving classes teach the latest system for a safe following distance: the 3 - Second - or - More rule.

Although the 3 - second rule is normally a safe following distance, some road variables often require the driver to increase following distance to a «4 second gap» or more.

The two - second safe following distance rule is used to make sure the distance between your car and the car ahead of you is large enough to allow you to stop or swerve around the other car if it stops suddenly.

And just for the record, a safe defensive driver on the freeway always gives at least three seconds of following distance behind the car ahead, and more in bad weather or inclement driving conditions.