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[Closed] Driving advice: leaving a gap - only a fool breaks the two second rule?

GrahamS · 2016-02-21T19:11:46Z

How big a gap do you typically leave between you and the car in front? [urlDriving Standards Agency recommends the two-second rule[/url] (as in "only a fool breaks the two second rule"). That equates to [url= 26.8 meters[/url] [url= 44.7 meters[/url] [url= 62.6 meters[/url] and that's for [i]"dry conditions"[/i]. They say [i]"at least double this in bad conditions"[/i] 8O But that doesn't seem to be even [i]remotely[/i] close to what actually happens on the roads. We came up the M6 yesterday in smeary rain with quite a lot of surface water and road spray, but even in those conditions the majority of traffic was much much closer than that. And on a couple of occasions I had a car overtake me then pull back in with barely a car length between us, effectively blinding me with spray at 70mph+. All pretty standard to be honest - but a friend witnessed a fatal accident on the same stretch of the M6 today, so it got me pondering.

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GrahamS

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Or you can dab the brakes and then switch CC straight back on at the new speed.

I dab the clutch instead - that way the guy behind you doesn't get a fright from a flash of brake lights.

(Unless of course he's driving up my arse in which case the brakes flashing might encourage him to back off a little)

Posted : 23/02/2016 10:06 am

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