> At 25 mph, which I would hope would be the speed limit on roads next to schools
I regularly drive on a two lane 55mph highway that school buses stop on and let kids out.
It runs through a reservation and has no sidewalks at all.
> modern brakes are incredibly good.
They're probably not worth that much of a superlative, and they're fundamentally limited by the tires.
This is just a pet peeve of mine, since it is used by people to argue that modern vehicles are so much vastly better than cars in the 1980s that we should be able to drive at 90mph like it is nothing.
But reaction times and kinetic energy are a bitch, and once traction control / stability assist hits its limits and can't bail you out, you might find out the hard way that you're not as good of a driver as you think you are, and your brakes won't stop you in time.
> Speed is the factor in collisions
This I will definitely agree with. Say it louder for everyone in the back.
I regularly drive on a two lane 55mph highway that school buses stop on and let kids out.
It runs through a reservation and has no sidewalks at all.
> modern brakes are incredibly good.
They're probably not worth that much of a superlative, and they're fundamentally limited by the tires.
This is just a pet peeve of mine, since it is used by people to argue that modern vehicles are so much vastly better than cars in the 1980s that we should be able to drive at 90mph like it is nothing.
But reaction times and kinetic energy are a bitch, and once traction control / stability assist hits its limits and can't bail you out, you might find out the hard way that you're not as good of a driver as you think you are, and your brakes won't stop you in time.
> Speed is the factor in collisions
This I will definitely agree with. Say it louder for everyone in the back.