Don't tailgate, anyway, hazards or not.
You can't see what the car ahead can see, or may see at the last second. (or not see, run over, project toward you.)
The worst situation I had was a small cardboard box fell off of a small constructon trailer 2 vehicles ahead of me in fast, commuter traffic. I saw it, guessed I would clear it easily, the car between the trailer and me ran over it.....breaking over the box of NAILS, and spraying them in my path.
I forget how many nails I pulled out of my tires, and had a handful of flats, truck and trailer.