150 metres!???

[siksII]

Is it just me, or does this RTA diagram say it takes 150 metres to stop from 100km/h in dry conditions? Im pretty sure no car ive been in takes that long....or am I wrong?

[aybee]

those are always very safe estimates but think about how much ground you would cover in a few seconds when slowing from 100. it might not be that much but it would still be quite a bit of distance.

[siksII]

That is true, but i am 95% sure that a saw an article in motor magazine about two years ago which tested the total braking distance(including reaction time) for all sorts of cars(from commodores to porsches) and the most a car took to slow from 100km/h was about 45 metres.. i would understand if they put maybe 40 metres on top of this, but 100 metres on top of what it would actually take got my attention!

[aybee]

yeah 150m seems a bit extreme. i remember in the book you read before going for your liscence they had stupid figures like that. i did a driving course a while ago and we were stopping from 60kmh in the wet in 15m - much better than i thought possible. its just propaganda to get people to drive safer.