The distance you travel from seeing the danger to putting your foot one the brake pedal is known as the reaction distance.It i<span>s the distance the car travels in the time it takes the driver to </span>react to the danger and step on the brake.It is t<span>he short time period between seeing the hazard and pressing the brake. </span>Braking distance, on the other side, <span> is the distance the car travels from the time the brakes are applied until it comes to a complete stop.</span>