On 05/10/2010 13:11, dennis@home wrote:


"Adrian" wrote in message
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Rick Cavallaro gurgled happily, sounding much like


A quick google for high speed stopping distances found this -
http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/pdf/Spee...gDistances.pdf

Rick will dismiss that, it states the stopping distances as..

Initial speed (mph) 140 100 70
Braking Distance (m) 230 118 58

Which just happens to be agree with what I said and he called me stupid
for saying it.
Nothing that proves he is wrong will be listened too.
He will lie about it and claim it is wrong or just plain ignore it and
start a new diversionary tactic.

You're being monumentally stupid again. I could carry on laughing at
you, but I'll take pity and explain where you went wrong. "how long to
stop" is being taken as time, not distance. Twice the time for the car
to stop from twice the speed.