The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon, and the condition of, the roadway.
Cal. Veh. Code § 21703
Additional Driving Rules
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Van Arsdale v. Hollinger (1968)
Most recently applied in United States v. Murillo (July 2001)
Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.