[Phys-L] Re: Stopping Distance

[bennett at OAKLAND.EDU (Clarence Bennett)]

At 7:00 AM -0500 10/31/05, Eugene Mosca wrote:
> In yesterday's Parade magazine there was a statement that large
> trucks require more distance to stop than do light trucks and cars,
> as much as 50% percent more distance.  Does anyone know the
> explanation as to why this is?
>
> Gene

I imagine that not all forty two wheels may nothave brakes, so the
share of mass carried by those un-braked wheels doesn't count in the
friction formula.
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Clarence Bennett
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