CDL · Speed
On a dry road at 55 mph, which comes closest to the total distance you need to stop your vehicle completely?
Correct answer: Roughly one football field's length.
Answer options
- ARoughly two lengths of your vehicle
- BRoughly half a football field's length
- CRoughly one football field's length Correct
Why
Total stopping distance combines the ground you cover while noticing a hazard, while reacting to it, and while the brakes slow you to a stop. For a heavy vehicle traveling 55 mph on dry pavement, that total comes to about one football field, far more than half a field or a couple of vehicle lengths.
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Topic: Speed License: CDL
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