Your 100-foot double-trailer rig is traveling 50 mph on a dry road and visibility is good. What is the smallest following gap, in seconds, you should leave behind the vehicle ahead?

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Why

Begin with one second for each 10 feet of vehicle length, which comes to 10 seconds for this rig, and then add a second because you are going faster than 40 mph, for a total of 11.

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Topic: Following distance   License: CDL

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• Pulling Doubles and Triples

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