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>> (The question I got wrong was related to stopping distances. Face it,
>> do *you* know whether the quoted stopping distance at 70 MPH is 310
>> yards or 320 yards?
>
> Oh come on, you mean you didn't simply memorise the deacceleration they
> were assuming, then used a constant acceleration formula in the test to
> work it out? :-)
I didn't know much mechanics back then.
>> Because I have absolutely no clue. I also have no clue how far 320
>> yards *is* in the first place, so it seems kind of moot to me...)
>
> About the distance between the "///" 300 metre exit marker and the
> actual exit itself on the motorway.
Isn't that 300 yards, not 300 meters?
> BTW most modern cars can stop from
> 70 mph in well under 100 metres, but they seem to have not updated the
> test answers in 50 years to account for this.
Presumably because if you pass your driving test, you could be driving a
50 year old car. Hypothetically.
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