Comment Comment by TylerE It takes FAR more than 50ft to stop from 40mph. I doubt you can even react in 50ft.40mph is 58 feet per second, so that’s less than a second toYour “rule of thumb” is AT BEST highly misleading.Typical humans take about 250ms to react, and that’s before you actually do anything. There’s 15ft (at least) gone before you even touch the pedal. parent TylerE 2 years ago
40mph is 58 feet per second, so that’s less than a second to
Your “rule of thumb” is AT BEST highly misleading.
Typical humans take about 250ms to react, and that’s before you actually do anything. There’s 15ft (at least) gone before you even touch the pedal.