OT--how tread depth affects wet road stopping distance
02-20-2008, 10:57 PM
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Burning Brakes
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OT--how tread depth affects wet road stopping distance
"Fifth gear" demonstating how low tread depth affects stopping distance in the wet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZk2ZrKeLdE
DaveL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZk2ZrKeLdE
DaveL
02-21-2008, 04:22 AM
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At 3 car lengths, the car behind should have been able to swerve away from the car in front with ABS. It didn't on the worn tires.
02-21-2008, 12:12 PM
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I think the point of the test was real world situation. How often do you see the exact same car driving behind itself? One on new tires and one on worn tires?
At 3 car lengths, the car behind should have been able to swerve away from the car in front with ABS. It didn't on the worn tires.
At 3 car lengths, the car behind should have been able to swerve away from the car in front with ABS. It didn't on the worn tires.
I know if we took my CTS-V and Windstar... drove the Windstar behind the V, and nailed the brakes in the V... Regardless of tires it'd be ugly.
02-21-2008, 10:22 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Point I think is that we don't know who's in what behind us, or our loved ones in their cars.
The video shows that low tread depth seriously compromises braking ability, and in England at least they're trying to raise the minimum legal tread depth. So theguy behind (hopefully) has more rubber on the road.
It's all about stopping distance in the wet. Made me think a little. I'll be watching the rear view mirror more in the wet.
DaveL
The video shows that low tread depth seriously compromises braking ability, and in England at least they're trying to raise the minimum legal tread depth. So theguy behind (hopefully) has more rubber on the road.
It's all about stopping distance in the wet. Made me think a little. I'll be watching the rear view mirror more in the wet.
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02-21-2008, 10:26 PM
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The actual braking and crashing segment did not seem right to me. There are no good angles but one shot where the cars look fairly level for them both supposed to be panic stopping. I want to see the steady side camera shot before I'll believe it was a true test.
Another problem is that I can find you some real POS tires that even brand new won't work nearly as well in the rain as another pair of good tires.
I call
Peter
Another problem is that I can find you some real POS tires that even brand new won't work nearly as well in the rain as another pair of good tires.
I call
Peter