Transportation Tuesday

TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION TUESDAYTUESDAY

DRIVE AT THE RIGHT SPEED DRIVE AT THE RIGHT SPEED FOR THE CONDITIONS FOR THE CONDITIONS

HIGHWAY, TOWN, HIGHWAY, TOWN, RESIDENTIALRESIDENTIAL

THIS IS A LIMITNOT A TARGET120 KPH 50 KPH

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IF A CHILD RUNS OUT SUDDENLY where would you stop?

AT 48 KPH (30 mph) (usual residental speed limit)

You could have stopped in front of the first child.

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AT 56 KPH (35 mph)

You would not only hit the first child, you would still be doing more than 20 kph when you hit the second child.Driving 8 kph faster means it takes the average car a total of 29m (96 feet) to stop.Less than 50 kph might feel slow …

but only until someone steps out in front of you.

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usual residential speed limit

TYPICAL STOPPING DISTANCESthinkin

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braking

distance

9m 14m 23m (75 feet) 6 car lengths

53m (175 feet) 13 car lengths

15m 38m

36m (120 feet) 9 car lengths

12m 24m

73m (240 feet) 18 car lengths18m 55m

21m 75m

at 120 kph it will take you 96m to stop a car

96m (315 feet) 24 car lengths

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It doesn’t matter how good a driver you are. The faster you go, the longer it takes you to stop.