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The clipping this text was read from
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Imagine a playful chiljil chasing a runaway football as it rolls into the street—think of a careless driver pulling out of a side street. You remember that your car cannot stop on a dime. Then drive at excessive speed, if you dare.

At 20 miles per hour, the reaction distance is 18 ftii; the braking distance, 22 ft. and the stopping distance, 40 feet. At 30 miles per hour, reaction distance is 27 feet; braking, 50 feet and stopping distance, 77 feet. At 40 miles per hour your reaction distance is 36 ft.; your braking distance, 88 ft and your stopping distance, 124 ft At a rate of 50 miles pet hour, reaction distance, 45 feet plus braking distance, 138 feet "equals the stopping distance, 183 feet. At 60 miles per hour reaction distance is 55 ft,; braking distance, J98 ft.; and stopping, 253 feet. You’re asking for it at 70 miles per hour when your reaction distance is 64 ft; your braking distance 270 and the stopping distance, 334 ft.

The Monday demonstration was arranged and the automobile supplied by the Farm Bureau Insurance Companies of Columbus, Ohio and Lynchburg.

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