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The popular notion that a car “can stop on a .dime” was exploded Monday morning when 2 R. C. H. S. students, a faculty member and a state officer pitted their driving skills and reactions against time in a series of emergency stops.
Jackie Sisk, Shirley Williams, Nick Cascio and W. A. Bunting drove a specially equipped demonstration car at 20, 20, 30, and 40 'miles per hour, respectively. The car was equipped to measure stopping distances accurately. An emergency signal light was mounted on the hood and 3 revolvers fastened to the front bumper. Aimed straight at the pavement, the guns fired bullets of yellow paint to mark points at which drivers (1) saw the emergency signal; (2) slammed on the brakes and (3) stopped the car. (A safe<ty engineer rode beside each driver and operated the equipment.)
Although all four tests proved the individual’s reaction and braking, with the resulting total stopping figure, below average, they proved too that the seconds between the time that you hear the signal to stop and your car comes to a standstill, are lengthy indeed.
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