Q2/ One vehicle is following another on a two lanes, two way highway at night, according to the rule of thumb which allow one car length of spacing per 10 km/hr of speed, if both vehicles are traveling of 100 km/hr and lead car crashes in to the rear of unlighted parked truck, at what speed will the rear vehicle hit the wreckage, assume the perception reaction time of 0.5 sec. and the coefficient of braking friction is 0.5,assume length of vehicle is 3.5

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Q2/ One vehicle is following another on a two lanes, two way highway at night, according to the rule of thumb
which allow one car length of spacing per 10 km/hr of speed, if both vehicles are traveling of 100 km/hr and lead
car crashes in to the rear of unlighted parked truck, at what speed will the rear vehicle hit the wreckage, assume
the perception reaction time of 0.5 sec. and the coefficient of braking friction is 0.5 ,assume length of vehicle is 3.5
m.
Transcribed Image Text:Q2/ One vehicle is following another on a two lanes, two way highway at night, according to the rule of thumb which allow one car length of spacing per 10 km/hr of speed, if both vehicles are traveling of 100 km/hr and lead car crashes in to the rear of unlighted parked truck, at what speed will the rear vehicle hit the wreckage, assume the perception reaction time of 0.5 sec. and the coefficient of braking friction is 0.5 ,assume length of vehicle is 3.5 m.
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