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You drive in steady city traffic behind a pickup truck. What is the smallest gap that the Washington Driver Guide tells you to keep between your car and the truck?
Blue car A follows a silver pickup B on a two-way city road. No measured minimum gap is shown.
Correct answer: At least twice the length of your own vehicle
Why
Space ahead gives you time to see a problem and to stop or steer around it. The law says that you must not follow more closely than is reasonable and prudent for the speed, the traffic and the road. Increase the gap at night, on wet or snowy roads and behind large vehicles or motorcycles.
Verified against Washington Driver Guide · Space · p. 159
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