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OCR: DRIVING TEST SUCCESS INFORMATION FACT SHEET PRACTICAL ABOUT: Stopping Distances Stopping Distance is the distance your vehicle travels from the moment you realise that you need to halt the car Thinking distance Braking distance to the moment that the car actually halts. Stopping distance consists of thinking distance and braking distance. See the illustration to the right. At 20 mph Thinking Braking 6 m 6 m Total Stopping Distance: 12 m or 40 ft (3 car lengths) Stopping Distance At 30 mph 9 m 14 m Total Stopping Distance: 23 m or 75 ft (6 car lengths) At 40 mph 12 m 24 m Total Stopping 6 00 00 06 06 06 06 06 06 0 Distance: 36 m or 120 ft (9 car lengths) At 50 mph 15 m 38 m Total Stopping 6 06 06 06 06 06 66 Distance: 53 m or 175 ft (13 car lengths) At 60 mph 18 m 55 m Total Stopping Distance: 73 m or 240 ft (18 car lengths) At 70 mph 21 m 75 m Total Stopping 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 0 Distance: 96 m or 315 ft (24 car lengths) The chart above shows stopping distances for speeds from 20 mph to 70 mph Ok