following distance

The longitudinal gap kept behind the lead vehicle: time headway, distance headway, time-to-collision, and car-following spacing behavior. This is the spacing-to-lead-vehicle outcome, distinct from the absolute speed the driver picks (speed_choice) and from the braking action triggered when that gap closes (braking_response).

Relevant standards

  • ISO 20901:2020 — Intelligent transport systems — Emergency electronic brake light systems (EEBL) — Performance requirements and test procedures
  • SAE J2944 — Operational Definitions of Driving Performance Measures and Statistics
  • SAE J3029 — Forward Collision Warning and Automatic Emergency Braking Test Procedure and Minimum Performance Requirements — Truck and Bus
  • SAE J3087 — Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) System Performance Testing

280 paper(s) · ranked by relevance to this topic

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  11. Driver workload at higher speeds. · 2010 · Fitzpatrick, Kay et al. · archived
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  13. Alternative Definitions of Passing Critical Gaps · 2011 · Toledo, Tomer et al. · archived
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  17. Investigation of Driver Adaptations in a Mixed Traffic Environment · 2024 · Kondyli, Alexandra et al. · archived
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  21. Estimation of Driver Reaction Time from Car-Following Data · 2006 · Ma, Xiaoliang et al. · indexed
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  23. Delays, inaccuracies and anticipation in microscopic traffic models · 2005 · Treiber, Martin et al. · archived
  24. A Review of Sociodemographic Influences on Car-Following Behavior · 2026 · Hussain, Zahid et al. · indexed
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  28. Identification of driver car-following behaviour · 2005 · Mulder, Mark et al. · indexed
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  32. The weights of drivers’ on-route concerns in car-following behaviours · 2025 · Salehikalam, Arsalan et al. · indexed
  33. Follower behavioural change based on natural patterns in traffic oscillation · 2021 · Salehikalam, Arsalan et al. · indexed
  34. Neural Agent Car-Following Models · 2007 · Panwai, Sakda et al. · indexed
  35. Modeling Driver Behavior as Sequential Risk-Taking Task · 2008 · Hamdar, Samer H. et al. · indexed
  36. Safety Assessment of Ecodriving Vehicles on Following Traffic · 2019 · Duan, Xi et al. · indexed
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  39. Preventing Crashes in Mixed Traffic With Automated and Human-Driven Vehicles · 2020 · Talebpour, Alireza et al. · archived
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  42. Simulation of Automated Vehicles' Drive Cycles · 2018 · LeVine, Scott · archived
  43. A general formulation for time-to-collision safety indicator · 2012 · Saffarzadeh, Mahmoud et al. · indexed
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  45. Driver’s Anticipation and Memory Driving Car-Following Model · 2020 · Jafaripournimchahi, Ammar et al. · indexed
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  56. Drivers and Passengers: Are the Perceptions of Braking Time the Same? · 2008 · Kelling, Nicholas et al. · indexed
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  63. Using the human effect in the development of soft computing car following models · 2011 · Khodayari, Alireza et al. · indexed
  64. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control: Testing Drivers' Choices of Following Distances · 2011 · Nowakowski, Christopher et al. · indexed
  65. Influence of age, gender and delay on overtaking dynamics · 2013 · Llorca, Carlos et al. · indexed
  66. Modeling of driver following behavior based on minimum-jerk theory · 2005 · Hiraoka, Toshihiro et al. · indexed
  67. Calibrating Car-Following Models by Using Trajectory Data · 2008 · Kesting, Arne et al. · archived
  68. Passing Behavior on Two-Lane Roads in Real and Simulated Environments · 2016 · Llorca, Carlos et al. · indexed
  69. Evaluation of an Automotive Rear-End Collision Avoidance System · 2006 · Najm, Wassim et al. · archived
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  74. Towards a Complete Safety Framework for Longitudinal Driving · 2022 · Sidorenko, Galina et al. · archived
  75. Saturation Flow at Signalized Intersections during Longer Green Time · 2006 · Khosla, Karan et al. · indexed
  76. Full velocity difference model for a car-following theory · 2001 · Jiang, Rui et al. · indexed
  77. Safety-critical traffic control by connected automated vehicles · 2023 · Zhao, Chenguang et al. · archived
  78. DEVELOPING A NEW HYBRID SAFETY CAR-FOLLOWING MODEL · 2014 · Al-Jameel, Hamid Athab · archived
  79. Modeling of Driver Cut-in Behavior Towards a Platoon · 2022 · Lu, Yun et al. · indexed
  80. Adaptive fuzzy control for inter-vehicle gap keeping · 2003 · Naranjo, J.E. et al. · indexed
  81. Safety Analysis of Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control in Vehicle Cut-in Situations · 2017 · Aramrattana, Maytheewat et al. · indexed
  82. Spring–Mass–Damper-Based Platooning Logic for Automated Vehicles · 2023 · Mirbakhsh, Ardeshir et al. · indexed
  83. Long Green Times and Cycles at Congested Traffic Signals · 2009 · Denney, R W et al. · indexed
  84. Detailed Observations of Saturation Headways and Start-Up Lost Times · 2002 · Li, Honglong et al. · indexed
  85. Position verification systems for an automated highway system. · 2015 · Biswas, Bidisha et al. · archived
  86. Adaptive Cruise Control with Safety Guarantees for Autonomous Vehicles · 2017 · Magdici, Silvia et al. · archived
  87. Partial Automation for Truck Platooning · 2019 · Shladover, Steven E. et al. · archived
  88. Safety in Vehicle Platooning: A Systematic Literature Review · 2016 · Axelsson, Jakob · archived
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  90. Controller Synthesis for String Stability of Vehicle Platoons · 2014 · Ploeg, Jeroen et al. · archived
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  92. Adaptive Event-triggered Formation Control of Autonomous Vehicles · 2025 · Wang, Ziming et al. · archived
  93. Compensation of Communication Delays in a Cooperative ACC System · 2019 · Xing, Haitao et al. · archived
  94. Comparative study of theoretical, simulation, and field platoon data · 2001 · Abbas, Montasir et al. · indexed
  95. Model for Determining Optimum Bus-Stop Spacingin Urban Areas · 2001 · Saka, Anthony A. · indexed
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  98. Stability of ring roads and string stability of car following models · 2024 · Chou, Fang-Chieh et al. · indexed
  99. Automated transit headway control <i>via</i> adaptive signal priority · 2004 · Ling, Kenny et al. · indexed
  100. Optimal Bus Stop Spacing Through Dynamic Programming and Geographic Modeling · 2000 · Furth, Peter G. et al. · indexed