Jake de Villiers wrote:

> I believe it was one car length for every ten miles an hour.
> Can be difficult in major urban areas!

That, I believe, is the suggested following distance -- which is mainly
a function of reaction time.  A vehicle covers 1.5 feet per second per
mile per hour so it's about 88 ft per second at 60mph.   6 VW lengths
would give you more than a second to get on the brakes at 60 mph.  Of
course actual braking distance varies by vehicle and is going to have a
big effect on whether you plow into that car in front of you.

Geo

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