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Term of the Road Dictionary

total stopping distance

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Road Safety
  • Definition : Distance travelled by a vehicle between the occurrence of an event demanding an immediate application of the brakes and the vehicle stopping, that is, perception-reaction distance plus braking distance.

Anhalteweg

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Straßenverkehrssicherheit
  • Definition : Während der Reaktionsdauer und der Bremsdauer bis zum Stillstand des Fahrzeugs zurückgelegte Wegstrecke.

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