When you drive a car, the important and important thing for you to do is to keep a safe distance from the car in front of it.
Especially if you drive a vehicle during heavy rain conditions or when the road conditions are slippery, where it is necessary to keep the distance between vehicles is necessary to reduce the risk of accidents.
As is known, maintaining a safe distance between vehicles can prevent drivers from collisions caused by sudden braking and various other things.
"To keep a safe distance between vehicles in accordance with the rules of traffic is 3 seconds with the vehicle in front. The aim is to provide safe space when sudden braking occurs, "said the Indonesian Defensive Driving Center Instructor, Adrianto Sugiarto Wiyono, as reported by GridOto.com on Friday (11/23/2018).
"Whereas when you drive during the rainy season, keep a good safe distance between vehicles is recommended at least more than 3 seconds. Because of the road conditions and driver's visibility, "Andrianto said again.
Then how do you measure it?
For how to measure whether the vehicle you have entered into a safe distance with the vehicle is based on a particular object. Suppose the vehicle that you drive drives at a constant speed of 60 km / h and passes through an object, such as a lamp post and others.
"So the benchmark is a pole, not in the middle of the car but at the rear end of the car," explained Andrianto again.
When the pole is at the back of the car, the driver behind starts estimating the travel time that he can use to pass the pole that the driver had previously passed in front of him.
If the driver has passed the pole in 3 seconds or more after the driver in front of him passes, meaning it is a safe distance when the driver is at a speed of 60 km / hour.
If explained, then keep a safe distance of 3 seconds from the car in front of it like this,
The first second is used to anticipate the driver's response time. So when the driver sees a vehicle in front of it slowing or stopping, then this second will give you a lag time to respond by braking.
After that, the second second is needed to give the mechanical brake system time to respond to commands coming from the driver. This second is the time needed for the brake system to work, both to reduce or stop your vehicle.
Furthermore in the third second is the time to provide a safe distance with the vehicle in front of you when making sudden braking.
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