[ Tailgating & Following Distance ]

When Following Distance Becomes a Risk

Monitor following distance, prompt drivers and turn events into safer driving habits across Saudi roads, highways and urban routes.

Vision360 unsafe-following event review: road-facing video with the lead vehicle boxed and the following time gap, minimum observed gap and duration below threshold called out on the frame, the event summary with detection confidence, the key metrics list, the before and after strip, and the data quality row. 4:3, dark UI, 2000x1500.

From rule to response

Measure the Risk. Alert the Driver. See the Response.

  1. 01

    Detection policy

    Set the primary metric, additional factors, minimum speed, duration and severity for each rule.

  2. 02

    Driver alert

    Prompt the driver to maintain a safe distance with visual, audible and haptic alerts where supported.

  3. 03

    Vehicle response

    Measure changes after the alert, such as an increased following gap or adjusted speed.

  4. 04

    Acknowledgement and escalation

    Track the post event response and review status. No response notifies a manager or supervisor.

What we detect

Four Signals That Show When Following Risk Increases

  • Unsafe following

    The following time gap stays below your configured threshold for the required duration. Measures the gap and time below threshold.

  • Critical close following

    The following gap falls below a more critical threshold, indicating a higher level of risk.

  • Rapid closing

    The distance to the vehicle ahead reduces quickly, based on closing speed and available time to collision data.

  • Lead vehicle movement

    Tracks when the vehicle ahead moves away or clears the lane, supporting situational awareness on supported hardware.

The four following behaviours as road-facing camera stills with the lead vehicle boxed: sustained unsafe following, critical close following, rapid closing with a closing-rate arrow, and lead vehicle departure. 4:3, dark UI.

BUILT FOR SAUDI FLEET OPERATIONS

Following Distance Visibility Across Every Journey

From busy city traffic and intercity highways to long distance freight and heavy vehicle operations, Vision360 helps identify supported close following events and gives teams the video, vehicle and journey context to review what happened.

  • City & Commercial Operations

    Identify supported following distance events across busy urban and commercial driving environments.

  • Intercity & Long-Distance Operations

    Review following distance events alongside speed, location and journey information across longer highway operations.

  • Heavy Vehicle Operations

    Keep following distance and closing rate events visible across heavy commercial vehicles, where vehicle speed and stopping distance provide important context for review.

  • In Cab Driver Alerts

    Prompt drivers when defined following distance conditions are identified, using supported visual, audible or haptic alerts.

Additional features

  • Following time gap

    Time between your vehicle and the one ahead.

  • Closest following gap

    The shortest gap recorded during the event.

  • Time below threshold

    How long the gap stayed below your configured threshold.

  • Closing rate

    How quickly the gap is reducing.

  • Multiple rules

    Run several policies side by side.

  • Minimum speed

    Keep low speed traffic out of the queue.

  • Rule severity

    High, medium and low, set by you.

  • Detection quality

    Camera calibration, view, visibility and detection quality.

  • Vehicle response

    Gap and speed before and after the alert.

  • Ten seconds either side

    Video from before and after the event.

  • Event location

    Where on the network the event happened.

  • Manage policies

    One place to change the rules for the fleet.

The Gap, the Warning and the Response

  • Photograph: motorway traffic from a truck's road-facing viewpoint, a vehicle close ahead. Portrait 3:4, dark and cool, room at the top for a heading, no text in the artwork.

    ON SAUDI ROADS

    A gap that closes and stays too close

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    In the cab

    A prompt to increase the gap

  • Photograph: a manager and a driver in conversation at a depot desk over a laptop, screen content not legible. Portrait 3:4, dark and cool, room at the top for a heading, no text in the artwork.

    In coaching

    The evidence that shows what happened

Frequently Asked Questions

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  • What is a following time gap?

    The time between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead. It accounts for speed, so the same distance does not carry the same risk at 40 km/h and 90 km/h or across different Saudi road environments.

  • Why does duration matter?

    A momentary close gap in traffic is different from staying below the threshold for several seconds. Each rule has a minimum time below threshold so normal traffic does not raise unnecessary events.

  • What rules can we configure?

    Each rule can define its primary metric, additional factors, minimum speed, minimum time below threshold, driver alert, manager notification and severity.

  • How do you know the driver responded?

    The system looks for a positive change after the alert, such as an increased following gap or adjusted speed. Both the before and after values are recorded on the event.

  • What are the data quality indicators?

    Camera calibration, camera view, road visibility and overall detection quality are shown on the event, so reviewers can assess the quality of the detection before acting on it.

  • How is this different from forward collision detection?

    Forward collision detection looks for situations where a collision is likely if nothing changes. Following distance detection looks for sustained unsafe following, helping identify a behaviour that can be coached before it becomes a more serious event.

Turn Following Distance Into Something You Can Measure

Identify close following events, prompt drivers and give your team the video and context to review recurring patterns.