stopping distance

Cards (6)

  • How do you calculate stopping distance?
    Stopping distance = thinking distance + braking distance
  • What is stopping distance?
    the sum of the distance the vehicle travels during the driver's reaction time (thinking distance) and the distance it travels under the braking force (braking distance).
  • Give some factors that can affect braking distance
    worn tyres, worn brakes, icy roads, damaged roads, speed of vehicle
  • What is thinking distance?

    the distance travelled by the vehicle in the time it takes the driver to react
  • What is braking distance?
    the distance travelled by the vehicle in the time the brakes act
  • What affects thinking distance?
    SPEED - the faster you're going the further you'll travel during the time you take to reactREACTION TIME - the longer your reaction time, the longer your thinking distance