Re: Advice about speeding ticket please - united-kingdom

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Re: Advice about speeding ticket please

Posted on: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:55:04 +0100

toad wrote:
> On 6 Apr, 16:36, Norman Wells wrote:
>
>> At 30mph the overall stopping distance is given as 75ft. At 60mph, it
>> has risen over three times that to 240ft.
>
> Those figures have been widely discredited.
>
> They come from before ABS

ABS doesn't help you stop quicker under normal dry conditions.

> and IIRC before disc brakes. They are
> fiction.

Yes, the distances are out of date due to being based on drums braking
distance.

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