At speeds over 30 mph, you should maintain a following distance of at least ________ behind the vehicle ahead of you.
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At speeds over 30 mph, you should maintain a following distance of at least <u>three full seconds</u> behind the vehicle ahead of you.
As a general rule and common sense at a speed of 30 mph you can leave three full seconds so that you can achieve a prudent distance between the car you are driving and the car in front in order to be able to perform some kind of maneuver if an accident or unforeseen event occurs.
To count the full three seconds you can use the technique of counting the Mississippis as follows: Mississippi one, Mississippi two, Mississippi three.
<h3>What is an accident?</h3>An accident is an unexpected event that generally causes damage, injury or negative consequences.
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Answer:
The net force is zero
Explanation:
When an object is falling, there are two forces acting on it:
- The force of gravity, which is equal to the weight of the object, which pushes the object downwards
- The air resistance, which acts against the motion of the object, so it pulls upward
While the magnitude of the force of gravity is constant, the magnitude of the air resistance increases as the velocity of the falling object increases: at some point of the motion, the air resistance becomes equal in magnitude to the force of gravity. At this point, the net force on the object becomes zero, and according to Newton's second law, the acceleration of the object becomes also zero:
But zero acceleration means that the velocity of the object is now constant: this is known as terminal velocity.