At 55 mph on dry pavement, it will take your vehicle approximately ________ to stop in an emergency.
Correct answer
- three city blocks
- 300 feet
- two city blocks
Explanation
At 55 mph on dry pavement, it will take your vehicle approximately 300 feet or one city block to stop in an emergency. Three hundred feet is also the length of a football playing field (not including the two end zones). It can take a couple of seconds for the average driver to react to a hazard that he or she has seen and start to brake. At 55 mph, your vehicle will travel about 161 feet in two seconds.
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