If you notice that another vehicle is following your car very closely without maintaining a safety distance, what preventive measure is advised?

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The correct answer is to increase the distance from the vehicle in front. This is a fundamental defensive driving technique. Detailed explanation: When a vehicle follows too closely behind you (tailgating), they remove the rear safety margin. To compensate for this risk, you must expand your own front safety margin. By increasing the distance to the car ahead of you, you avoid the need for sudden braking in an emergency. This allows you to brake much more gently and progressively, giving 'extra time' to the driver behind you to react and avoid a rear-end collision. Analysis of incorrect options:   Braking hard: This is a reckless action that would drastically increase the likelihood of a rear-end collision, as the other driver would not have space to stop.   Moving over immediately: While facilitating overtaking is correct when safe, the immediate reaction to a lack of distance should not be a sudden lane change or moving to the shoulder without checking safety, but rather managing the longitudinal space first.

If you notice that another vehicle is following your car very closely without maintaining a safety distance, what preventive measure is advised?

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