Stopping Distances
- Created by: Jo Wells
- Created on: 28-12-12 13:00
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- Stopping Distances
- Factors that affect it
- Speed
- Faster = bigger braking force
- = bigger stopping distance
- Faster = bigger braking force
- Thinking Distance
- SPEED
- Faster = further travelled
- Bad visibility
- Doesn't affect thinking distance, but you START thinking a lot NEARER to the hazard
- Distractions
- e.g. radio, bright oncoming lights
- Distractions
- e.g. torrential rain
- Doesn't affect thinking distance, but you START thinking a lot NEARER to the hazard
- Distractions
- e.g. radio, bright oncoming lights
- Concentration
- e.g. tiredness, drugs, alcohol & carelessness
- SPEED
- Braking Distance
- SPEED
- Faster = further travelled
- Quality of Brakes
- MUST be checked regularly
- Quality of Tyres
- Should have minimum TREAD DEPTH of 1.6mm
- To get rid of water in wet conditions
- Should have minimum TREAD DEPTH of 1.6mm
- Amount of Grip
- Tyres
- Quality of Tyres
- Should have minimum TREAD DEPTH of 1.6mm
- To get rid of water in wet conditions
- Should have minimum TREAD DEPTH of 1.6mm
- Quality of Tyres
- Road surface
- Weather conditions
- e.g. wet or icy = much more slippy
- Tyres
- SPEED
- Speed
- Total stopping distance is distance covered in time between driver 1st spotting hazard & car stopping completely
- = sum of thinking & braking distance
- Factors that affect it
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