3.6 Car stopping distances
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What is the stopping distance?
Stopping distance is the total distance travelled from when the driver first sees a reason to stop to when the vehicle stops.
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What are the components of the stopping distance?
Thinking distance + braking distance
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What is thinking distance?
The distance travelled between the moment you first see a reason to stop to the moment you use the brake.
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What is braking distance?
The distance travelled from the time the brake is applied until the vehicle stops
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What's the formula for thinking distance?
thinking distance = speed × reaction time
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