Show YOU SET BET YOUR W WHEN YOU DRIVE AT HIGH SPEEDS for instance at 55 DANGER LOOMS maw one second s inattention you travel 81 feet JAM ON 4 dav waw I 1 I 1 A split second to react add 59 feet R S foet more needed to stop va 50 60 total feet travelers safety service put this question to ten of your friends who drive when you are going 40 miles an hour on a dry level road what Is the shortest distance in which you can bring your car to a full stop it if they are average seven will say they can stop in 40 feet or less two will guess somewhere between 40 and 80 feet and one will be so BO uncertain that he wont hazard a guess it is surprising to discover how little the average man knows about the first principle of good driving you can assure your friends that it if they do stop their cars inless in less than 40 feet from a speed of 40 miles an hour it will be because they have rammed into a brick wall or a telephone pole only an automobile with very good brakes can stop in less than 80 feet from this speed and it is impossible for any car to stop in 50 feet on an ordinary road because it will skid farther than that with all tour four wheels locked the pictorial chart above shows the danger of driving at high speeds at 65 55 miles per hour a car travels 81 feet in the single second during which the drivers eyes might leave the road to glance at a road sign or to look at an instrument on the dashboard once he sees a dangerous situation ahead the car travels 59 feet during the time it takes him to got get his foot from the accelerator to the brake and then even with good brakes he cannot bring the vehicle to a stop in less than feet I 1 many drivers pride themselves on how fast they can make their cars go it is much more important for them to know how fast they can i stop |