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Speed and spaceQuestion 181 of 312

You follow a motorcycle. How should you change your following gap?

  1. Keep the same gap
  2. Use a smaller gap
  3. Use a gap of one car length
  4. Add one or two seconds
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Correct answer: Add one or two seconds

A motorcycle can stop quickly. You need extra room so that you can stop in time.

Source: Prince Edward Island Driver's Handbook (revised spring 2011), Chapter 4, Following distances: the time-interval formula, page 86

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026