Thursday, August 28, 2008

How Fast can you stop?

Estimate how fast, in seconds, you can stop when you..

  1. are driving 30 mph
  2. are driving 55 mph
  3. are traveling on an icy road
  4. drive in the dark with your low beams on
  5. travel on gravel
  6. have a new car
  7. have a heavy, loaded truck with a trailer full of cattle
What are the different variables you need to be concerned with? Why?

24 comments:

Unknown said...

1) about 2 sec two stop
2) about 4 sec to stop
3) about 7 secends to stop
4) about 3 sec to stop
5)

Unknown said...

5)About 4 sec
6) about 3 sec
7) about 4 sec


How fast your going and what surface your going on are two imoortant factors, but the wieght of your vehicle is also somthing to consider.

Unknown said...

1.2-3 seconds
2.5-6 seconds
3.7-11 seconds
4.6-8 seconds
5.5-7 seconds
6.doesn't matter
7.18-30 seconds
Weather, Traffic, how fast you are going, time of day, and if you have a load.

Unknown said...

and the times that i put were all a guess

Unknown said...

1. about 3 seconds
2. about 7 seconds
3. might need to give it time because with icy roads you never know.
4. you never know with gravel.
5. about 3 seconds.
6. i think about 10 seconds.
7. when you have something that your not sure about it. make sure you know you have time to be able to stop.

Unknown said...

1. 4 secs
2. 10 secs
3. 5 secs
4. 15 secs
5. 2 secs
6. 20 secs
The things that u got to watch 4 is ur speed and the driving conditions.

Unknown said...

1.about 3 seconds
2.about 4 seconds
3.about 6 seconds
4.about 5 seconds
5.about 2 seconds
6.about 2 seconds
7 about 2 seconds
weather and traffic and animals

Unknown said...

1.1
2.2
3.10
4.2
5.3
6.2
7.3

How fast the car is going, how good the breaks are, what the weather conditions are. They all will change how long it will take you to stop.

Jennie said...

1. 3
2. 5
3. 6
4. 3
5. 3
6. 8

speed, surface you are driving on, the driving conditions, the time of day, and how much cargo you are carring.

Jon S said...

1. 4 seconds

2. 10 seconds

3. 8 seconds

4. 6 seconds

5. 7 seconds

6. 5 seconds

7. 9 seconds

How fast you are going, what conditions the roads are and what time of day it is. Because they can change your length time to stop.

Unknown said...

If you are driving in bad conditions like icy roads you should go pretty slow and be prepared to stop early because it will take longer to finally stop. Since you are driving in the dark you should be careful because it is more difficult to see and since you are riding behind another car on an icy road you should stay a good distance away form it so you don't cause an accident.

Unknown said...

you can stop if you got good brakes if not you will stop and y might hit the person in front of you but if you are going 55mph you can slow down and stop going that fast and keep it under speed and have your car under speed.

Unknown said...

1.about 3 seconds
2.about 4 seconds
3.about 6 seconds
4.about 5 seconds
5.about 2 seconds
6.about 2 seconds
7 about 2 seconds
weather and traffic and animals

Unknown said...

1-2.5sec.
2-4.5sec.
3-6sec.
4-5.5sec.
5-4sec.
6-5.5sec.
7-7sec.
things that change~
the road
the speed limit
the cars around you

Unknown said...

1-3 seconds
2-5 seconds
3-7 seconds
4-4 seconds
5-2 seconds
6-7 seconds
7- How fast you are going or the road surface. Maybe even if something is right in front of you like an obsticle.

Unknown said...

1. 4 or 5 seconds

2. 10 to 15 seconds

3. 8 to 9 seconds

4. 6 seconds

5. 6 seconds

6. 5 seconds

7. 9 seconds

the weight of your car and your load you also need to think about how fast you are traveling and the condition of the road you are traveling on. or in other words you need to be considering the surface of the road

joe pasker said...

When going 30 mpg, it would take maybe 10sec to stop, going 55 mpg, it would take maybe 15-25sec, traveling on an icy road, it would take maybe 30 sec, the trailer fill with cattle, I would be concerned with them hitting the back of the trailer and getting out, them getting out and causing an accident.

Unknown said...

1)to be careful with the road and the load u have behinde your truck. to be careful when you are passing slow moveing cars .

Unknown said...

1. about 10 secs
2. about a minute
3. depends on the ice
4. about a minute
5. about half a minute
6. not much time with new brakes
7. about a minute

A lot of them because some can be dangerous if you don't know time needed to stop.

Unknown said...

1.10sec
2.18sec
3.30sec
4.22sec
5.26sec
6.05sec
7.30sec
you need to be concerned with if its icy to drive slower, when your driving in the dark keep your lights on a pay extra attention to your surroundings ect.

Unknown said...

1.10sec
2.18sec
3.30sec
4.22sec
5.26sec

kyleH said...

1. 2 seconds
2. 4 seconds
3. 6 seconds
4. 4 seconds
5. 5 seconds
6. 14 seconds
7. how much traction you have so your tiers can stop the car

Anonymous said...

1)2 seconds
2)4 seconds
3)5 seconds
4)3 seconds
5)4 seconds
6)2 seconds
7)6 seconds
Model of car, type of brakes, year, etc. Because all cars are different and all the other variables are different.

Unknown said...

1. you can stop in 2 seconds.
2. You can to a full stop in 8 sec.
3. You can stop in 4 seconds.
4. You can stop in 3 sec.
5.You should be able to stop in 10 sec.
6. You should be careful on ice. Be careful on gravel. Stop to fast with cattle.Careful on paved roads.
7. Ice could be slippery, Gravel could be loose, cows might all di if you stop to fast. Road could have cave inns.