stopping distance

Do you know what the stopping distance is for 4 miles an hour?

The stopping distance was huge, and had to be allowed for.

So what's the overall stopping distance at thirty miles an hour?

C. If you double your speed, stopping distance will be increased by 4 times.

It would be folly, they say, to increase the already substantial stopping distance.

They are heavier than cars and need considerably longer stopping distances.

They required excessive pedal pressure, and the stopping distance seemed long for a car so light.

But then I have a sound understanding of stopping distances and driving appropriately for the conditions.

The car not only placed last, but had considerably longer stopping distances than other vehicles.

The car was given front disc brakes to improve stopping distances.

Double or even triple your normal stopping distance from the vehicle in front.

If this is what happened, Jones lost a good 500-800 feet of stopping distance, which might have prevented the collision.

In terms of stopping distances these times were estimated to mean:

But "it had a profound effect on the stopping distance of older drivers," the authors found.

Railroad trains have a much greater mass and thus a longer stopping distance than road vehicles.

"It's no different than driving an automobile, except you have longer stopping distances.

Stopping distances then lengthen by 10 percent to 30 percent, he said.

Such a situation could be dangerous, as stopping distance increases with fewer functioning brakes.

They showed that more than half the signals did not have adequate stopping distances for modern trains.

New Jersey Transit's own figures show a stopping distance of about 120 feet.

Mercedes says the system reduces stopping distances by as much as 45 percent.

Lighter vehicle will be safer by virtue of shorter stopping distance.

Advance approach is only used in situation with short signal blocks to ensure trains have enough stopping distance.

In fact, they said, on the bridge's steep upward grade, the stopping distance would have been shortened.

They also tend to reduce stopping distances on wet pavement, although that is not their primary purpose.