The two-second rule and space margins

ICBC's driving guide: See-think-do

Space margins are the areas of space you keep around your vehicle so that a space conflict has somewhere to resolve itself.

In front — at least two seconds in good weather and road conditions. Increase it to:

  • three seconds on high-speed roads;
  • four seconds in bad weather, or on uneven or slippery roads;

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