What is the obligation of a driver to follow at a safe distance?

Courts of this province have had occasion to comment on the obligation of drivers to follow other vehicles at a safe distance. In Pryndik v. Manju, 2001 BCSC 502, Baker J. commented at para. 21: The operator of a motor vehicle, following other vehicles, should keep his vehicle under sufficient control at all times to be able to deal with an emergency such as the sudden stopping of a vehicle in the line of vehicles ahead and the telescope effect that results, as each successive driver attempts to bring his or her vehicle to a halt.