Stopping distance

[gtimonkey]

Driving along minding my own business today on the north side of brisbane and queensland police decide to take a very expensive glamor shot of my ride.

Should not be too bad I think I was doing about 70 in a 60 zone and I had just cleaned it so it should at least look good in the photo.

In the process of looking up the damage for my photo I found this...

http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/Safety/Road/Speeding/Speeding_stopping_distances

Pretty funny you think with all that revenue from speeding fines that could get some facts straight. Who has a reaction time of 1.5s!! Hopefully no one I am sharing the road with!

Not sure what combination of car and driver requires 84m to stop from 100 km/hr that is certainly a lot further than our polos which is supposed to be around 35m.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/newreviews/207296/volkswagen_polo_gti.html

[noone]

Rise!

Yes! Writhe and boil the seeds of anarchy as we breed the fight to reclaim a realistic breaking distance!

Last time I checked, my vision was 20/20 and I knew when the apocalypse was occurring in front of me.

Also 15 years of FPS games has made my senses lighting quick....

[jasn78]

Also 15 years of FPS games has made my senses lighting quick....

pmsl now that is what insurance etc should be based on how many hours u clocked up on quake/counterstrike etc etc

[mikepologti]

call me a sceptic , but i find it hard to belive our polos take 35m to stop from 100.lmao that would explain my ninja like reflexes 26 years of gaming and counting lol

[MACCAA]

call me a sceptic , but i find it hard to belive our polos take 35m to stop from 100.lmao that would explain my ninja like reflexes 26 years of gaming and counting lol

Stopping distance for a Polo GTI from 100kph is closer to 40m-maybe a little less.
Evo X Lancer around 38m,Audi S3 36.5m.
The reaction time is about right,but the stopping distance is a joke.
We do an emergency stop from 60kph[on a wet road] and most students manage 35-40m including reaction time.
57m from 60k???
I think someone should tell them disc brakes have been invented........
Cheers
Len

[mikepologti]

Stopping distance for a Polo GTI from 100kph is closer to 40m-maybe a little less.
Evo X Lancer around 38m,Audi S3 36.5m.
The reaction time is about right,but the stopping distance is a joke.
We do an emergency stop from 60kph[on a wet road] and most students manage 35-40m including reaction time.
57m from 60k???
I think someone should tell them disc brakes have been invented........
Cheers
Len

wow thats surprising , i thaught the fwd would have stopped a little better then the pog.then again i guess they way a lil more.

[gareth_oau]

I always find that advertising 'safety' message is always exaggerated and unbelievable, and this is just another example of what the authorities try to B/S to us.

on the otherhand,if I'm driving along, and i have to say bye to my friend on my mobile phone, re-arrange my coffee, and not get mascara in my eye, then perhaps the stopping distances are correct after all!!

[SoVeReIgN]

Your reaction time is proably quicker when you're 100% concentrating, but how often are you doing that?