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Based on Australian traffic regulations, if you are referring to the distance between your own car and the car ahead of you, then the distance is the equivalent of 3 seconds based on the road speed limit. This is usually about 10 car lengths on a 60 kph road. This is supposed to be the average safe reflexive response time needed to avoid any sudden stops or swerves of the car ahead.
But this may not answer your question accurately because the time needed is also based on the individual driver's response time, impulsive decisive action, vehicle response, available space to take an action, other vehicles or objects involved whether moving or stationary, weather or road conditions, obscurity of further hazards, then there is the other driver's response time... There are too many variables in the equation if you plan on driving your life on the borderline.
Make it simple... stay 5 seconds away from the car ahead, be more alert, eat,, drink and sleep well before driving, don't consume any physically altering substances, concentrate on the road and steer clear of other vehicles. It also helps if you don't have road rage, people make mistakes and you should drive expecting EVERYONE else to make them very often. Hopefully, if any collisions still occur, they would be minor and you will be safe.
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An advantage of keepinging a 3 -second following distance in city traffic is that you?
have time to react and avoid a collision.
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