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Default Totally OT - Highway Question - Is 100 Metres Enough

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dennis@home wrote:

"Frank Erskine" wrote:


What's the significance of 85 mph?


1.5 x the energy if you crash?
1.5 x the stopping distance at 70 mph?
The petitioners age?


Also needed to spend as little time as possible
alongside that huge artic, or bus, doing 65+.

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