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From: mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (MKR)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Obnoxious driver awards
Message-ID: <634@mmm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 15:12:12 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 18 15:12:12 1986
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In article <711@ttidcb.UUCP> svirsky@ttidcb.UUCP (William Svirsky) writes:
>In article <478@codas.ATT.UUCP> mikel@codas.ATT.UUCP (Mikel Manitius) writes:
>>> One car length for each "60" mph???  I defy anyone out there to stop
>>> a cycle going 60 mph in one car length (of course unless you run into
>>> the back of the car, that should stop you rather suddenly!)
>>
>>Actually, that works out pretty well, as long as you can brake equaly
>>or better then the guy in front of you (he can't go from a velocity
>>of 60mph to 0 in less than a couple of seconds!).
>>-- 
>According to the California Driver Handbook, at 55mph, it takes
>168 feet to stop *once the brakes are applied* and 228 feet
>overall (due to reaction time).  So, once the person in front of
>you has applied the brakes, his car will stop in 168 feet.  You
>however will stop in 228 feet, a difference of 60 feet.
>Obviously, if you are following closer than 60 feet, you will
>hit.
>-- 
>Bill Svirsky

	Aside from which, how do you know if the car in front is just
	slowing down, or screeching to a halt (if you've got the radio
	on load :-)). You can't go around screeching on your brakes every
	time the car in front of you flashes his brake lights.

-- 
					--MKR

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