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Tire marks on road



A tire mark on a road due to hard braking is dark at one end and fades
out at the other. Which way was the vehicle moving when the brakes were
slammed?

This morning I wondered when I saw such marks.

Hasan Fakhruddin
Instructor of Physics
The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities
BSU
Muncie, IN 47306
E-mail: hfakhrud@bsu.edu

This posting is the position of the writer, not that of SUNY-BSC, NAU or the AAPT.