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When should you increase your following distance beyond the normal minimum?
✓ ANSWER
In bad weather, when being tailgated, when towing, or when following large vehicles
Slippery roads, tailgaters, heavy loads, and blocked sightlines all demand extra following distance.
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- ✓In bad weather, when being tailgated, when towing, or when following large vehicles
- ✗Only when driving downhill
- ✗Never — the same gap works everywhere
- ✗Only in school zones
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