One vehicle is following another on a two-lane, two-way highway at night according to the safe-driving “rule-of-thumb” of one car length spacing for each 10 mph of speed. If both vehicles are traveling at 60 mph and the lead car crashes at that speed into the rear of an unlighted parked truck, at what speed will the following vehicle hit the wreckage? Assume a car length is 20 ft, reaction time is 1.25 sec. USE AASHTO FORMULA.

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One vehicle is following another on a two-lane, two-way highway at night according to the safe-driving “rule-of-thumb” of one car length spacing for each 10 mph of speed.

If both vehicles are traveling at 60 mph and the lead car crashes at that speed into the rear of an unlighted parked truck, at what speed will the following vehicle hit the wreckage?

Assume a car length is 20 ft, reaction time is 1.25 sec.

USE AASHTO FORMULA.

 

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