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#40970 - 25/02/10 07:23 AM Stopping distances
Soleng L - Learner Plates On Registered: 02/04/08 Posts: 178 Loc: Norway	The following test results for stopping distances gives food for thought: VW Golf V fitted with non-studded Continental ContiViking Contact 3 (80 km/h to full stop): Html: locked wheels with ABS dry pavement: 45 m 32 m snow: 53 m 64 m ice: 255 m 404 m Summer tires on dry asphalt (80 km/h to full stop): Html: with ABS Toyota Avensis (2003) 25 m Volvo FH 12 (38 ton truck) 59 m Libherr LTM 1055 (36 ton mobile crane) 74 m Summer tires on wet plastic (ice simulation) (50 km/h to full stop): Html: with ABS Toyota Avensis (2003) 45 m Volvo FH 12 (38 ton truck) 115 m Libherr LTM 1055 (36 ton mobile crane) 150 m Harald _________________________ +4 4-seater 2008 Squadron Blue BMW 318i 2010 Citroën Xsara Break 1.6i 2003
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#40973 - 25/02/10 08:35 AM Re: Stopping distances [Re: Soleng]
Frank 4x4 Green & Grown Up Talk Morgan Enthusiast Registered: 10/05/09 Posts: 1924 Loc: Buckinghamshire UK.	Presumably Harald, The moral is, if you are driving a Toyota Avensis with one of these heavy trucks up your 'A**', don't brake - get the hell out of the way . _________________________ The Green Goddess AF08 MOG Centenary Roadster 100 Round Britain's Coast Roads for Help for Heroes
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#40976 - 25/02/10 08:49 AM Re: Stopping distances [Re: Frank 4x4]
Selcouth L - Learner Plates On Registered: 05/05/07 Posts: 120 Loc: Essex	It's also interesting to look at using your ABS vs not using it. My partner has a DVD which came as part of his driver training course which shows the difference between cadence braking, threshold braking and ABS braking in an Elise. The difference between the three (in the same car) really surprised me!
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#40987 - 25/02/10 12:18 PM Re: Stopping distances [Re: Selcouth]
cerealsurfer Talk Morgan Enthusiast Registered: 09/10/06 Posts: 1520	So which came up shortest...? (waits with baited breath... Man Vs. machine) That said, one of the F1 drivers once said WRT driver aids (launch, traction etc.) With them turned off a driver is capable of going a couple of hundredths quicker, maybe a tenth or so per lap... the problem is doing that every lap for 50 or more laps!! _________________________
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#40990 - 25/02/10 12:42 PM Re: Stopping distances [Re: cerealsurfer]
Selcouth L - Learner Plates On Registered: 05/05/07 Posts: 120 Loc: Essex	Originally Posted By: cerealsurfer So which came up shortest...? (waits with baited breath... Man Vs. machine) Threshold, then cadence, then ABS I think - cadence and ABS were very similar, which isn't really all that surprising I suppose. I don't know if the results would vary from car to car though. I think the key here is that threshold is best if you are a good driver; most people are best off just applying the brakes as hard as they can if they need to. Edited by Selcouth (25/02/10 12:43 PM)
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