stopping distance

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Stopping distance is the main thing to look out for when there's water lying on the road - it could more than double compared to a dry road.
当路面有水时制动距离是主要需要考虑的问题——在有水的路面上比干燥路面的刹车距离多一倍还不止。
Description of content: the agency is proposing to amend our air brake standard to improve the stopping distance performance of truck tractors.
国家公路交通安全管理署运输部拟修正空气制动器标准以加强拖拉机安全距离之遵守。
Just to be clear, I am putting the maximum acceleration in for a. Also, I have made the assumption that the stopping distance (s) is small compared to the jumping height.
需要声明的是，在上述表达式中，我用a表示跳楼者的最大加速度。此外，我还假设跳楼者完全停下所经过的距离与整个下落距离相比可以忽略不计。

Traveling at expressway speeds with these lights fired up made me feel much safer and kept me from over-driving my headlights, meaning that the stopping distance is farther than can be seen with the headlights.
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The bum agreed, and for a while they walked along together in silence, stopping every now and then to allow the Argentine writer to move off to an appropriate distance and take a photo.
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the distance travelled between the time when someone decides to stop a vehicle moving, and the time when the vehicle completely stops