Road rules / 🇳🇿 general
When you are towing a trailer, what following distance should you keep?
✓ ANSWER
At least four seconds, because the extra weight increases stopping distance
Towing increases your stopping distance, so keep at least a four-second gap.
All the options
- ✓At least four seconds, because the extra weight increases stopping distance
- ✗Two seconds, the same as when not towing
- ✗One second, since trailers slow you down anyway
- ✗No rule applies when towing
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