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Enough to stop without a collision if the bus ahead brakes suddenly.
Enough to stop without a collision if the vehicle ahead brakes suddenly, considering speed, grip and braking capability. Signalling an intention to overtake removes, in this case, the additional gap for following vehicles to overtake, but never the safe following distance. Without signalling that intention, vehicles over 10 metres must leave at least 50 metres for that purpose, subject to the exceptions in Article 54(3).
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Always exactly 50 metres, even if that is insufficient to stop in time.
You may reduce it to any distance because you have already signalled the overtake.
Enough to stop without a collision if the bus ahead brakes suddenly.
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