How to Judge the Distance Between Cars When Driving?

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LeAna
07/30/25 2:55am
A following distance of about 2 meters is generally appropriate. Being too close can easily lead to rear-end collisions, while being too far may allow other vehicles to cut in. Normally, drivers can judge the distance by observing the position of the rear bumper and tires of the preceding vehicle from the outline of their own car's front: How to judge the distance between cars on the left, right, front, and rear To determine the position of the left wheel, we need to know where the left wheel will pass to avoid running over solid lines or obstacles like potholes and rocks on the road. When our line of sight aligns the protruding node of the left wiper with an object on the ground, the left wheel will pass over that object. For example, in the following illustration, if the wiper node aligns with the centerline on the ground, the tire will run over the centerline.
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