Stopping vehicles as quick as possible in an emergency is important but many factors affect this. The driver's reactions and the road and vehicle conditions play a part, as well as mass and speed. The ...

From the June 2022 issue of Car and Driver. Car and Driver started testing vehicles' acceleration way back in the 1950s, but it took us a decade to stop. That is, to measure the distance needed to ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 86, Section 1: 770010–770187 (1977), pp. 375-390 (16 pages) A practical method has been devised to size foundation brakes to meet the stopping distance requirements as specified ...

General Motors has debuted its new eBoost trailer brake concept, which it says can improve stopping distances when towing a trailer by up to 20 percent. This technology taps into the electronically ...