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Because the vehicle in front of you might slam on their brakes and you won't be able to stop in time and then you will be eating your windshield.

12 years ago. Rating: 3
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safty,,braking distance..it's reconmended that for every ten mph you drive you should add a vehicle length between you and the car in frount of you..ex. at 60 mph you should have six car lenghts between you and the car in frount of you

12 years ago. Rating: 2
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you are lucky it is only a caution in my state you are booked for tailgating.

12 years ago. Rating: 1
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perhaps they should put the brake lights on the frount of cars!
it certainly would help out the pedestrines.......

12 years ago. Rating: 0
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Daren is correct but impossible to do what he suggests as few people can judge distance.
The most affective way to maintain safe distance is the two second method. As the vehicle in front of you passes a fixed object, a post, tar spot on the road you count two seconds by saying 1 chimpanzee 2 chimpanzees in a normal speaking speed. As you finish counting the front of your car should be at the selected fixed point.

Don`t like monkeying around? use "a thousand one a thousand and two"

12 years ago. Rating: 0
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