The braking distance is the distance a vehicle travels from the moment when its brakes are fully applied to the moment when it comes to a complete stop. This distance depends on the pre-braking speed of the vehicle and the coefficient of friction between the tires and the road sur...
A car is initially travelling at 50.0 km/hr. The brakes are applied and the car stops over a 35 m distance. What was magnitude of the car's acceleration while it was braking? A car moving at ...
Coast When You Can Jump to: Drive Gently Use Regenerative Braking in Town Keep Tires Properly Inflated Keep Your Speed Reasonable Use the Cruise Try Eco Mode Tune Your Climate Control Coast When You Can Drive Gently This is one of the oldest techniques in the book: Acceleration uses energy, ...
Automation complacency is when automated vehicles or self-driving cars allow drivers to over-rely on the car to prevent crashes. Because the car can take safety measures like forward-collision warnings, automatic emergency braking and lane-departure warnings, drivers may become dangerously complacent ...
Commuter scooters don't need to be the fastest things around, but it helps if they can manage at least 15 MPH for a sustained time so that you're not holding up anyone in the bike lane. We also looked at braking mechanisms, including hydraulic disc brakes, which are the best for stopp...
If you often drive fast, then slow down. Driving about 60 miles / hour instead of 70 mph on the highway will allow you to save 4 miles per gallon. Also, accelerating as well as braking too hard could really reduce your own fuel economy, thus take it easy on the gas pedal and the...
Like most hybrids and PHEVs, regeneration occurs when braking or coasting as directed by the software, with two different regen levels selectable via the wheel-mounted shift paddles. The first setting provides mild regen; the second increases regeneration and will bring the vehicle to a stop—pret...
) of fuel indicated, the XB-70 begins taxiing towards the runway. This is a delicate affair, because the XB-70 has demonstrated a major problem with braking at low speeds (a violent chatter that caused the XB-70's braking distance from just 5mph to be 400 feet!), making maneuvering a...
Only Dopes Smoke and Drive; Tests Show That at 60mph the Braking Distance after One Joint Is 40ft LongerByline: ANDREW CHAPMANChapman, Andrew
When you are riding on the road these days…you are wearing spandex, a helmet and you are taking on an opponent you can never beat – multi-thousand pound cars, trucks and construction equipment. You could argue that it has always been that way so what is the big deal? It isn’t the...