Speed limits
The speed limit on the straight desolate paved road that goes past our place is 80 km/hr. The people who use the road drive whatever speed they please and for the most part it works fine ….. until you...
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fj12ryder wrote:
The 2 second rule is decent, but they say that stopping distance increases at about the square of speed. So if you're going twice as fast, the stopping distance is 4 times as long as it was at the slower speed. So you're probably right that the 2 second rule doesn't work as well at higher speeds.
Ok, your stopping distance increases on the square. Does the other guy's stopping stay at the same rate as his speed increases? The 2 seconds is the time for you to realize the car is slowing, and how fast, and get on the brake to slow your vehicle. The issue really gets bad is when the lead vehicle can slow at a faster rate. Sometimes a truck will hit a car, knock it well out in front of the truck, then hit it again.
