No, they have different meanings.
Following distance is the safe distance to follow behind a moving motor vehicle.
Stopping distance is the combination of the drivers reaction time to apply the brakes and the time the vehicle takes to come to a halt.
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You're stopping every 5 miles, on the average.
23 meters on a dry pavement.
If your speed triples, the distance required to stop increases by a factor of nine. This is because stopping distance is proportional to the square of the speed. Therefore, if you increase your speed by three times, the stopping distance becomes three squared, which equals nine times the original distance.
The distance needs to be further apart from the car in front
*your question doesn't really make sense... but if you mean what does the following distance when driving means... it is 2 seconds (at least) behind the car you are following. when the car in front of you passes a post etc count and see if it takes you at least 2 seconds to pass the same object at the same point of your car... hope that helps :)