§ 54. Mr. Pageasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what information he has concerning the safe gap which should be maintained between a vehicle and a following vehicle at various speeds.
§ Mr. NugentMany professional drivers make a practice of staying at least twenty feet, or about one car's length, behind the car in front for each ten miles of the driver's speed. I believe this practice to be basically sound.
§ Mr. PageHas my hon. Friend any statistics to support the recommendations, which I think emanated from his 1272 Department, to keep one car's length behind for every ten miles per hour speed? Is this really sufficient, or ought not the safety gap to be much more according to the reports from the Road Research Laboratory?
§ Mr. NugentI do not think so, but we are not officially recommending it. I am saying only that it is a common practice, and I think it is quite a good one.