- 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
A blog covering and explaining the Edexcel IGCSE Physics specification for the 2016 summer exams. If you are doing just double science, you do not need to learn the stuff for paper two, if you are doing triple you will need to learn all (GOOD LUCK!) I have separated the papers to make files easier to find. Hope it helps :)
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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