When following other traffic you need to keep at least two seconds following distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead of you.
This two second following distance rule needs to be increased to three seconds on highways because of the increased stopping distances at higher speeds.
Here are some videos from a 2018 Highways England campaign against Following Too Close (Tailgating). It’s called Space Invaders:
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