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Question 1

average speed =

Answer 1

(distance moved)/(time taken)

Question 2

Stopping Distance =

Answer 2

Thinking Distance + Braking Distance

Question 3

What is the Stopping Distance?

Answer 3

The Distance you will travel in the time it takes to stop

Question 4

Thinking Distance =

Answer 4

Speed * Reaction Time

Question 5

What is the Thinking Distance?

Answer 5

The Distance you travel in the time it takes you to react (put your foot on the break)

Question 6

What is the Reaction Time?

Answer 6

How fast a person can respond to a particular stimulus (change in your surroundings)

Question 7

Factors that affect the Thinking Distance:

Answer 7

Alcohol

Drugs/Caffeine

Age

Tiredness

Speed

Question 8

Factors that affect the Braking Distance:

Answer 8

Slope of Hill

Speed

Weather - Ice 4x - rain 2x

Condition of Tyres

Condition of Brakes