Physics A-Level
Stopping distance
What Stopping distance means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Stopping distance
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Reference: OCR
The total distance a vehicle travels from the moment the driver needs to stop until it is at rest, being the sum of thinking distance and braking distance.
Topics that use Stopping distance
- Linear motion (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Acceleration due to gravity
- Braking distance
- Conservation of momentum
- Constant acceleration equations
- Free fall in a uniform gravitational field
- Reaction time
- Sign conventions and units
- Thinking distance
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