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Originally Posted by MBAtarga

Protocol 4 with stopping 15' short of pedestrian crosswalks and/or leaving 15' of distance behind the car in front of you is asking to be rear ended. I'm pretty certain that in city driving - NO ONE - expects the car in front of them to stop with such a distance when in traffic.

If you stop slowly enough vs a short stop, you'll be fine. I generally stop with my front bumper behind the "stop line." I have run into folks that stop 1-1.5 car lengths behind the stop line. That bugs me.

I do remember being taught that you should always leave a car length (or was it 1.5) between you and the car in front of you at a stop light. These days, that seems a bit excessive in heavy traffic, but the point is that in a pile up, you are less likely to be pushed into the car in front of you.