The distance one must maintain behind an emergency vehicle actively engaged in a response, or a pursuit, will vary by state regulations, and even sometimes by local jurisdiction. Fire apparatus customarily has this distance stenciled on the back of the equipment. If it is a law enforcement or emergency medical vehicle you must be aware of your own jurisdictions regulations.
Note: Unless you are also operating an emergency vehicle, you may NOT follow one engaged as above. It is against the law to do so in every jurisdiction I am aware of.
Your usual legal following distance of 2 cars. It is illegial to speed simply because you are behind an emergency services vehicle
300 feet
The general rule is 500ft.
To give you an idea of that large of a measurement:
Two football fields placed end to end would measure 600ft.
Unless your a member of an emergency response team, you shouldn't be following them to begin with.
At least 500 feet.
500 feet
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All emergency vehicles in my area are labelled "Stay 500 feet behind"
500 feet
Stay 500 feet behind it if it's lights are flashing (in the U.S.)
Over 100 feet away it's the law
When you are within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle or you come up behind a vehicle.
at a set of red lights. how many feet should you be behind the vehicle in front of you?
300 feet
300 feet !
500 feet.
I'm quite sure there is no emergency vehicle anywhere within which you can travel 300 feet.
You should be 2-3 seconds behind a given point that the vehicle in front just passed. At 65 mph, that is 95 feet per second, so multiply by 2 or 3 and you should be 190-280 feet behind
500 feet