Speed Effect on Stopping Sight Distance
Easystopping sight distance
All else equal, increasing vehicle speed generally causes stopping sight distance to:
- ADecrease
- BRemain constant
- CIncrease
- DBecome zero
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Answer: C. Increase
Stopping distance includes a reaction term proportional to speed and a braking term proportional to speed squared when deceleration is fixed. Increasing speed increases both terms.
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