Stopping, breaking and thinking distances

• Distance covered in the time between seeing a hazard and stopping
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• thinking distance + breaking distance

• distance the car travels between seeing a hazard and applying the breaks.
• affected by:

                            - how fast you're going (faster you go the greater the thinking distance)

                            - slow drivers reactions (tiredness, drugs, alcohol, old age)

• distance travelled whilst breaks are being applyed
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• affected by:

            -how fast you're going

            - mass of car (heavy cars take longer to stop)

            - quality of breaks

            - less friction between road and tyres due to:

                        - road surface

                        -weather conditions

                        -tire quality