In a 2009 FMCSA study, Benefit-Cost Analyses of Onboard Safety Systems, between 8,597 and 18,013 rear-end collisions could have been prevented through the use of Forward Collision Alert Systems, Adaptive Cruise Control or Forward Collision Avoidance Mitigation/Automatic Emergency Braking.
If the truck is traveling more than 40 mph it must add an additional second.
Therefore, at 65 miles per hour, a 70-foot tractor-trailer must maintain at least an 8-second following distance (1 second for every 10 feet of length plus 1 second for going over 40 mph).
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