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For the Highway Code’s basic time-gap check on a high-speed road, when are good conditions for an at-least-two-second baseline?

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When the roads are dry

When it's raining and the roads are wet

When the roads are icy

When you're driving in fog

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When the roads are dryThis was the right answer

The two-second rule is a minimum baseline in good conditions, not a guaranteed safe gap for every large vehicle. Leave enough actual stopping space; large vehicles need more distance. At least double the gap in wet conditions and allow much more on ice.

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Rule 126Highway Code rule · The stopping-distance and two-second examples do not guarantee enough space for every lorry or coach; the corrected numerical question refers to the Code’s illustrative chart.

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