Automobiles, on average, need twice the braking distance to stop on snow and ice at 30 degrees as they do at zero degrees.
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The ride is hard, the cornering is crap, your braking distance is worse ( especially in the dry ) and they wear out faster.
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In the meantime, Hofmann said, the authority has imposed lower speed limits on antiquated lines like the F train in Brooklyn to reduce braking distances.
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Higher braking distances are time consuming and not always necessary, he said, but they reduce costly wear and tear on brake shoes and other equipment.
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The antilock brakes get a boost from an electronic brake-force distribution system and a brake-assist system that cuts braking distance in panic stops.
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AAWS are used where road speeds are high, and braking distances are extended, or where the level crossing is obscured by blind curves or sunlight.
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Because tires grip better when they are rotating in contact with the ground than when they are skidding across it, this actually reduces your braking distance.
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One transponder is placed a safe braking distance from the start of the restriction to engage it, and a second is placed at the end to release it.
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I didn't have any problem with skidding on the gravel as it happened, the gravel consistently had the " shortest " braking distance.
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In addition, to begin with, a distant signal was only installed, if the home signal could not be seen within the train's braking distance.
