Following distance — Nevada Permit Test
Following distance on the Nevada permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
At 40 mph or less, stay at least two seconds behind the vehicle in front of you; this is a minimum following distance.
Following too close leaves no time to stop when the car ahead brakes, and you rear-end it.
If you are driving 40 mph or less, stay at least two seconds behind the vehicle in front of you.
If you reach the fixed point before counting 'one thousand two,' you are following too closely.
A driver who never checks the gap creeps up on the car ahead and cannot stop in time.
If you reach the sign before you have counted “one thousand two,” you are following too closely.
On the test
At 40 mph or less, what is the minimum following distance?
2 seconds. Following too close leaves no time to stop when the car ahead brakes, and you rear-end it. Nevada Driver Handbook, p.42: “If you are driving 40 mph or less, stay at least two seconds behind the vehicle in front of you.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Nevada Driver Handbook, published by the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV.pdf (Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV.pages.txt (plain pdftotext, the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV-exam.html (Nevada DMV, Written Knowledge Test page, https://dmv.nv.gov/wtestteens.htm, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://dmv.nv.gov/dlhandbook.htm (read 2026-10-04; links the handbook)