Article: Highway Code stopping distances put to the test.(News)

Article: Halt! Major Highway Code ignorance ahead; MOTORING: ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  January 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... still remember their Highway Code? A new survey has ... road speed limits, stopping distances or the correct hand ... ever look at their Highway Code once they have their ... all knowledge of the Highway Code goes out of the window ...

Article: Reducing Stopping Distances
Transport Topics;  November 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... As regulators propose to reduce stopping distances for large trucks by 20% to 30 ... in progress, NHTSA claims shorter stopping distances are achievable with air disc brakes ... drum brakes, and are capable of stopping distances well below the proposed requirements ...

Article: Meeting new brake regulations: NHTSA has released some ...
Fleet Equipment;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... require a 30 percent reduction in stopping distances, down to 248 feet. In addition ... was that a 30 percent reduction in stopping distances can be achieved with conventional ... this new line will provide shorter stopping distances, longer lining life, longer drum ...

Article: New stopping distances = equipment changes.
Fleet Equipment;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The new braking stopping distances rulemaking documents are being circulated, creating a buzz ... assumptions regarding the changes needed to meet the reduced stopping distances. In all probability, high-performance drum brakes and ...

Article: Highway Safety Administration To Regulate Stopping ...
Transport Topics;  March 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... at some point we'll review the need to reduce stopping distances for truck trailers and buses." The effort is part of the agency's commitment to reduce truck-stopping distances 30% by 2010. The agency has asked ATA to hold a workshop ...

Article: NTSB URGES FAA TO PROHIBIT AIRLINES FROM USING THRUST REVERSER ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... credit for the use of thrust reversers when calculating stopping distances on contaminated runways. The urgent safety recommendation ... landing distances; in fact, historically decreases in stopping distances due to thrust reverser deployment were used to offset ...

Article: Stopping distances; Mailbag.(Letter to the editor)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  October 1, 2009 ;     431 words ... ... schemes an area of road surface which would clearly show both pedestrians and motorists the minimum recommended stopping distances for vehicles at the speed limit in force. I suggested this because many motorists, even if they know, are hopelessly ...