Tailgaters and Aggressive Drivers: Keeping a Safe Gap and Staying Calm Behind the Wheel

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About Course

What to do when someone drives too close behind you, and how to keep your own safe distance. Based on the Highway Code, this course covers the two-second rule, staying calm with aggressive drivers and how to report dangerous driving.

Tutwoo is an independent learning provider. This course summarises the Highway Code for Great Britain for general awareness. Always follow the full Highway Code and the instructions of the police.

© 2026 Tutwoo UK Limited. This course was created in-house by Tutwoo and is our original work. It is for your own learning only: please do not copy, share, record or resell it.

What Will You Learn?

  • Use the two-second rule and adjust it for wet and icy roads
  • Respond calmly and safely when someone tailgates you
  • Avoid reacting to provocation on the road
  • Know how to report dangerous driving

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Your own safe gap: the two-second rule
  • When someone is too close behind you
  • Aggressive drivers and reporting dangerous driving

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

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