braking distance
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Braking distance — refers to the distance a vehicle will travel from the point where its brakes are fully applied to when it comes to a complete stop. It is affected by the original speed of the vehicle, the type of brake system in use and the coefficient of… … Wikipedia
braking distance — The distance traveled by a motor vehicle from the time that brake pressure is applied until the vehicle comes to a full stop. For a chart of braking distance in terms of percentages of braking efficiency with formulas and separate chart of… … Ballentine's law dictionary
braking distance — Total distance required to stop a motor vehicle from time driver recognizes need to stop until vehicle is standing still. Factors which control are speed of vehicle, weather, road conditions, tires, condition of brakes, etc. Sometimes referred to … Black's law dictionary
braking distance — Total distance required to stop a motor vehicle from time driver recognizes need to stop until vehicle is standing still. Factors which control are speed of vehicle, weather, road conditions, tires, condition of brakes, etc. Sometimes referred to … Black's law dictionary
braking distance — A measurement of the distance that a vehicle will travel from the time the brakes are first applied to the actual moment it stops. Also see stopping distance … Dictionary of automotive terms
braking distance — brak·ing dis·tance || breɪkɪŋ distance required to slow down to a complete stop … English contemporary dictionary
braking distance — The distance within which an airplane can be brought to a stop when rolling on the ground at any given speed … Aviation dictionary
braking distance — … Useful english dictionary
distance — dis|tance1 W2S2 [ˈdıstəns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(amount of space)¦ 2¦(far away)¦ 3¦(unfriendly feeling)¦ 4 keep your distance 5 go the (full) distance ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(AMOUNT OF SPACE)¦ [U and C] the amount of space between two places or things distance… … Dictionary of contemporary English
distance — See braking distance reaction distance stopping distance trail distance … Dictionary of automotive terms
