Stopping Distance

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