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How can you check that you are keeping a safe following distance?

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Pick a fixed point the car ahead passes and count the seconds until you reach it

Counting seconds to a fixed roadside point is the standard way to measure your following gap.

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  1. ✓Pick a fixed point the car ahead passes and count the seconds until you reach it
  2. ✗Judge whether you can read its number plate
  3. ✗Stay close enough to see the driver's mirrors
  4. ✗Match the gap kept by the car behind you

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