Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil...
by mmh0000 on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @02:33PM
(#31343968)
According to the Utah government's Drivers Handbook[0] (printed page 27, or PDF page 36), they recommend a 2 second distance on clear dry roads:
following distance
Watch when the rear of the vehi-
cle ahead passes a sign, pole, or
any other fixed point. Count the
seconds it takes you to reach the
same point (one-thousand-one,
one-thousand-two.) You are
following too close if you pass that point before counting
two seconds. Slow down and check your new following
interval. Repeat until you are following no closer than two
seconds.
Always increase your following distance on slick roads,
when following large vehicles, motorcycles, or vehicles
pulling a trailer, at night, in fog, in bad weather and when
following vehicles that stop at railroad crossings (transit
buses, school buses or vehicles carrying dangerous mate-
rial.)
following distance Watch when the rear of the vehi- cle ahead passes a sign, pole, or any other fixed point. Count the seconds it takes you to reach the same point (one-thousand-one, one-thousand-two.) You are following too close if you pass that point before counting two seconds. Slow down and check your new following interval. Repeat until you are following no closer than two seconds. Always increase your following distance on slick roads, when following large vehicles, motorcycles, or vehicles pulling a trailer, at night, in fog, in bad weather and when following vehicles that stop at railroad crossings (transit buses, school buses or vehicles carrying dangerous mate- rial.)
[0] https://dld.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/Dri...