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krispos42

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Tue Jun-19-07 05:34 AM
Response to Reply #79

100. The car has a superior deceleration curve

But due to the delay between the trucker hitting his brakes and you hitting your brakes, your superior curve starts a bit later than his inferior curve.

At fifty feet behind a truck, you have about a half second before you hit the point where the truck had applied it's brakes. You have to leave enough room for your car to move in closer while you react and start applying your superior braking curve.

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