Re: Stopping and Starting!

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From: Roger Key
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 16:03

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>         I am in dire need of some (perhaps obscure) information. I need
> to know roughly how long it takes an automobile to stop at a stop sign
> from 40mph. I need to know the time of the stop as well as the dist. over
> which the negative acceleration took place.
[snip]

most vehicle owner's manuals have a chart for this (I think - having never
owned a 'new' car) or possibly the driver's exam book from the DMV would
have this - don't have one in front of me right now ...

- Roger>

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