The distance required to stop your vehicle | |
The distance traveled between when you see a hazard and when you start to take action to avoid it | |
The distance traveled from the time your brain tells you to brake to the time you stop your vehicle | |
The distance traveled from the time your brain tells your foot to move from the accelerator to the time you actually push down on the brake pedal |
When driving on steep grades | |
During wet or icy road conditions | |
During windy conditions | |
When crossing standing water |
Damaged or heavily worn brake shoes | |
All of these | |
Brake drums that are cracked | |
Oil, grease or fluid on the brake shoes |