Roads: Safety
Commons · Question 106978 · Tabled 20 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of her Department’s guidance on following distances.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 28 Jan 2026
Rule 126 of The Highway Code includes guidance on stopping distances and states that drivers and riders ‘should leave enough space between you and the vehicle in front so that you can pull up safely if it suddenly slows down or stops’ and ‘…never to get c...