> I don't know how valid the "brakes shedding energy at same rate per unit distance" is From the follow-up post, the author gives a justification for that. >

> I don't know how valid the "brakes shedding energy at same rate per unit distance" is From the follow-up post, the author gives a justification for that. > the force applied by the brake pads on the brake disc is going to be roughly constant, and so the work done, which in this case is the energy shed, is the force times the distance over which the force is applied. There will of course be confounding factors like temperature, etc. But it's probably pretty close.