🚦 BRAKING DISTANCE SIMULATOR
Speed doesn't just kill on impact — it kills the space you need to stop
Pick a speed — a child suddenly steps onto the road ahead
🚦 Two Distances, One Truth
Reaction DistanceGround covered in the ~1 second it takes your brain to notice danger and hit the brake.
Braking DistanceGround covered while the car actually slows to a stop after brakes are applied — grows fast with speed.
Rule of thumbDouble the speed roughly quadruples the total stopping distance.
📋 Stopping Distance Table
30 km/hTotal stopping distance ≈ 12–13 m. Usually enough to avoid a sudden hazard.
50 km/hTotal stopping distance ≈ 25–28 m. A moment's delay can be fatal to a pedestrian.
80–100 km/hTotal stopping distance ≈ 55–85 m — longer than a football field. Speeding removes your safety margin entirely.
🚦 The speed limit isn't a suggestion — it's the distance between a scare and a tragedy.