Marks & Harrison reports that maintaining a safe following distance is crucial to avoid accidents, recommending a three to ...

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.

Experts commonly cite high speeds and short following distances as the biggest culprits when it comes to winter-weather ...

In a commercial driver’s license certification course at Lehigh County Community College, I learned a lot that changed how I drive my car every day. I’ll share one set of facts from Federal Motor ...

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.