Lesson 3
Brakes and Stopping Distance
See why stopping distance grows so fast with speed, how a light press clamps a spinning disc, and what a soft pedal or a grinding noise is telling you.
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Predict
The Highway Code’s typical stopping distance for a car at 30 mph is 23 metres.
Where does the same car stop from 60 mph?
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Choose a prediction, then select Next to see the answer.