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Why is a car goin fast hard to stop?

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Generally speaking the simple answer is physics: an object in motion wants to remain to be in motion. If you take a particular vehicle and accelerate it to 30 miles/h lets say, you require certain amount of breaking power to stop it. If you accelerate the vehicle to 60 miles/h, you need double the breaking power. The issue comes into place when we realize that the amount of breaking power that the car has is the same and does not change with speed (with the only exception of how hard we press on the break). This is why it is more difficult and take more time and distance to stop a car that moves fast.

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