RE: [ST] Cars v Bikes

["Spell Man" <spellmn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just my $.02, the one question I got wrong on my CT motorcycle written exam 
all those years ago:

Which will stop in a shorter distance?
A: A car going 30mph
B: A motorcycle going 30mph
C: Neither

I answered, the actual answer was C.  Supposedly there is no breaking 
advantage.  It you wanted to look into the physics of the thing, bikes have 
less mass on the ground and less weight behind the mass, thus less friction, 
thus less stopping power.... I suppose.  What do I know, I got the darn 
question wrong!


>From: "Mike Bostock" <sprint-st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [ST] Cars v Bikes
>Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 15:11:47 +0000
>
>In your message regarding RE: [ST] Cars v Bikes dated Wed, 11 Feb
>2004 09:35:12 -0500, Masiak, Richard said that ...
>
>-
> >MR- I think we'll always have the braking advantage, just because of our 
>weight
> >MR- (375 lbs vs. 2500-3000 lbs) and physics.
>
>If you think bikes have the braking advantage you are sadly mistaken.
>  Even a basic family car such as the Toyota Yaris can brake in a
>shorter distance than any bike (ABS fitted or not).  There was a
>trial on a variety of road surfaces last year in the UK.
>
>Thus the reason not to travel too close behind any vehicle with four
>or more wheels.
>
>
>--
>Mike Bostock
>mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Mid Devon, UK
>N50.79155 W3.66646
>Wales and SW ST Riders
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>
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