41-6a-711. Following another vehicle -- Safe distance -- Exceptions -- Penalty.
(1) As used in this section, "connected platooning system" means a system that uses vehicle-to-vehicle communication to electronically coordinate the speed and braking of a lead vehicle with the speed and braking of one or more following vehicles.
(2) The operator of a vehicle: may not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having regard for the: speed of the vehicles; traffic upon the highway; and condition of the highway; and shall follow at a distance so that at least two seconds elapse before reaching the location of the vehicle directly in front of the operator's vehicle.
(3) Subsectiondoes not apply to: (2)(b) funeral processions or to congested traffic conditions resulting in prevailing vehicle speeds of less than 35 miles per hour; or the operator of a vehicle that is: part of a connected platooning system; and not the lead vehicle.
(4) A violation of Subsectionis an infraction. (2)