That—I only compared to the estimated time after you’ve reacted and engaged the breaks. They typically give both numbers (distance during reaction + distance after breaks are applied). It’s still way off. (And the assumed reaction times are extremely conservative too.)
It was probably unfair using a compact car for the tests, but the propaganda gives no such caveats.
I ceased listening to official numbers on stopping distances when I went out and actually tested them.
Turns out, I could stop with significantly less distance than is physically possible, and so chalked it up as, “this is exaggerated to scare you”.
How did you factor in reaction time in a self-experiment? (Or did you just test “distance to stop after brakes engaged”?)
That—I only compared to the estimated time after you’ve reacted and engaged the breaks. They typically give both numbers (distance during reaction + distance after breaks are applied). It’s still way off. (And the assumed reaction times are extremely conservative too.)
It was probably unfair using a compact car for the tests, but the propaganda gives no such caveats.