STOPPING DISTANCE

• What is the stopping distance of the vehicle

  the distance travelled by vehicle during an emergency stop
• what is the stopping distance the sum of

  stopping distance = thinking distance + braking distance
• what is thinking distance

  the distance travelled by a vehicle during the drivers reaction time
• What is the drivers reaction time

  the time taken fore the driver to realise there is a hazard on the road and apply brakes
• What is an emergency stop

  • used to rapidly stop a vehicle
  • and prevent it from colliding with something in the road
• What is the braking distance

  the distance travelled by a vehicle after the brakes have been applied until the vehicle stops
• What happens to a vehicle stopping distance as its speed increases, for a given breaking force

  the stopping distance of a vehicle increases as its speed increases

  for a giving breaking force