- stoping distance = thinking distance + breaking distance
thinking distance is the person takes to react to needing to stop ( basically their reaction time, the time it takes them to press the break)
factors affecting thinking distance…
- conditions of driver, e.g. tiredness or drugs
- distractions, e.g. children or something in the road
breaking distance is the time it takes for the car to reach 0 m/s once the break has been pressed
factors affecting breaking distance…- conditions of the breaks and tyres, e.g. how old/worn they are
- weather conditions, e.g. if the weather is bad
- the speed the car is traveling at
Tuesday 8 March 2016
1.19 describe the factors affecting vehicle stopping distance including speed, mass, road condition and reaction time
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