As an authorized defensive driving instructor, all I can say is, “DUH!”
However, 25’ is an excessive amount of space to recommend. My training says that you should leave the length of your car between your front bumper and the rear bumper ahead (12’-18’ is the average length of American cars). It used to be “see the tires of the car in front of you touch the road; however, that rule of thumb was written when you had 9’ of hood space and 7’ of trunk space. I can be in a full size 2017 Chevrolet van and see the tires of a Smart Car touching the road from about three feet away - LOL!
More importantly, if we would all do a better job of looking further up the road, we could time and pace traffic lights to avoid stopping at most of them.
I use the pedestrian time-down intersection lights when I can see them. I wish they’d put time-down lights at all intersections in plain view so that we wouldn’t have to guess at how long we’ll have the green light.