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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2022-05-08 9:49 a.m., Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 5/8/2022 0:52, Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2022-05-07 7:39 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:   
   >>> On 5/7/2022 1:38, Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> But what you do is compensate for that creep by slowing the car down   
   >>>> and   
   >>>> stopping well before you would otherwise do.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Instead of exiting the highway and then jamming on the brakes and   
   >>>> HOLDING them there in that spot (while they're red hot) waiting at the   
   >>>> light, you apply the brakes earlier and slow down more gradually and   
   >>>> then you stop the vehicle well before the light.   
   >>>   
   >>> I always brake this way either way.  It wigs me out when I ride with   
   >>> people who slow down quickly.  Perhaps because I'm used to old beaters   
   >>> with less reliable braking systems, but I always take it easy and   
   >>> pulse the brakes when slowing down.   
   >>   
   >> Assuming a similar time to stop the vehicle, it makes no difference   
   >> whether you stop quickly or slowly; the range of "quick" to "slow" isn't   
   >> sufficiently different.   
   >>   
   >> If you start from the same speed, and brake to the same place...   
   >>   
   >> ...you're dissipating the same amount of energy.   
   >   
   > The primary reason that I brake early is for safety.  Last minute is not   
   > a good idea.   
      
   I'm not saying one should do a full-on, threshold-braking racing stop.   
      
   (Which I am actually capable of doing)   
      
   I'm just correcting a misconception about braking and heat.   
      
   :-)   
      
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