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8m ?! That sounds completely unreasonable to me. The first google hit says it is more like 33m.. http://www.brakingdistances.com/38Mph http://www.brakingdistan
by nickez 9y ago
8m ?! That sounds completely unreasonable to me. The first google hit says it is more like 33m..
http://www.brakingdistances.com/38Mph http://www.brakingdistances.com/38Mph
- osrec 9y agoApologies, meant to type 18 meters. That's just for the braking - not including reaction time. But the point is, she was well within the field of detection at that range.
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- romwell 9y agoSure, what's the swerving distance? The road was empty, I'd bet most drivers would steer away from a pedestrian on the road if only by sheer reflex.
- jeremysalwen 9y agoThe formulas and online tables are not really accurate for real world modern cars. Example: https://youtu.be/0zbZweqlZPw?t=1m29s https://youtu.be/0zbZweqlZPw?t=1m29s finds an empirical stopping distance of 11 meters at 40 mph. Actually closer to 8 mph than 18 mph!