{"id":9990,"date":"2024-11-29T23:39:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T20:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=9990"},"modified":"2024-11-29T23:39:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T20:39:09","slug":"truck-stopping-distance-vs-car-stopping-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/truck-stopping-distance-vs-car-stopping-distance\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck Stopping Distance vs. Car Stopping Distance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The time and distance tractor-trailers and other commercial trucks need to come to a complete stop is much greater than that of smaller passenger vehicles, such as cars or pickups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The stopping distance of semi-trucks vs. cars is calculated as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">A normal passenger vehicle driving at 65 miles per hour will need about 300 feet to stop.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">A fully loaded commercial truck driving at 65 miles per hour will need about 600 feet to stop.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">For a more visual comparison, a car takes about the length of a football field to stop, while a semi-truck needs the distance of approximately two football fields to stop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Additionally, stopping distance can vary significantly based on road conditions and other factors.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time and distance tractor-trailers and other commercial trucks need to come to a complete stop is much greater than that of smaller passenger vehicles, such as cars or pickups. &nbsp; The stopping distance of semi-trucks vs. cars is calculated as follows: &nbsp; A normal passenger vehicle driving at 65 miles per hour will need&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pej6K6-2B8","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/Truck-Stopping-Distance-vs.-Car-Stopping-Distance-magaripoa.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}