Stopping Distance
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What is stopping distance?
Thinking distance +braking distance
What is thinking distance?
The distance traveled by the car during reaction time
What is braking distance?
The distance a car travels between the points of a driver applying a force to when it has stopped moving
What does a drivers reaction time affect?
thinking distance
What are three factors that affect reaction time?
tiredness
consumption of drugs
being distracted
What factors affect both thinking distance and braking distance?
The speed of a vehicle
What are five factors that affect braking distance?
quality of brakes
quality of tyres
road surface
speed of vehicle
mass of vehicle
If a vehicle is twice as fast, what happens to braking distance?
it will increase by four times
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