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It’s in case some jackass on their phone rear ends you, if you’re too close you’ll get pushed into the car in front of you. IIRC you can be liable for the damages to the car in front of you while stopped if a multiple car accident happens.

You don't need to leave a crazy amount of space when stopped at a traffic light, but you still should be leaving some. So if someone rear ends you, it minimizes the risk of your car then smashing into the person in front of you, so it reduces the risk of additional people being involved in an accident.

That's a thing? Seems pretty silly to me. You need space but not that much.

What annoys me here is that people will enter the intersection before traffic on the other side has a chance to clear thus blocking the road when the light changes.

I also don't think the people who speed though the turn light. The light turns green and I have to sit and wait for traffic to clear

I leave one, maybe one and a half when stopped. I like having ample room to GTFO if I need to.

Should be about one car length for every 10mph. On a highway unless you're going slow that would be too close.