Safety Distance (Abstand)
How to calculate and maintain safe following distances in different conditions — the "halber Tacho" rule, wet roads, motorway speeds, and towing scenarios.
Practice Abstand questions →What the exam tests
The German driving theory exam draws 39 questions from the Safety Distance (Abstand) topic area. These questions test your ability to apply the rules in real situations — not just recite them. Diagrams, road scenarios, and multi-select answers are common.
Road Intelligence includes all 39 official questions for this topic with bilingual explanations. Use practice mode to work through them at your own pace, or enable spaced repetition to focus on the ones you keep getting wrong.
Study tips for Abstand
- Rule of thumb: half your speedometer value in metres (e.g. 100 km/h → 50 m).
- The official rule is "at least 2 seconds" behind the vehicle ahead.
- In wet conditions, double the distance.
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