Brake Reaction Time

alex92 said:

Drew said:

If you ask Vicroads though they'll tell you that your reaction time is around about 1.6 seconds... the fucking idiots.

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yeah but you were looking at the box with your finger on the mouse, ready to click the button when the text changed. You knew exactly what you needed to do, and you were expecting it within a 3-5 second gap, you didn't have to analyse the situation or move to 'grab your brakes'.. You weren't thinking about the speed you were going, what cars around you were doing, where your next turn is, what the road surface is like etc etc..

My point being if it were a real situation, your reaction would not be 0.3 seconds.. Unless maybe you had spotted someone doing something stupid and you had already set up your brakes and were ready to squeeze it..

And Vicroads probably stated a slightly higher reaction time than is normal because they would rather you allow more time to stop than is needed, rather than just enough time for the average person to stop.. Because let's face it, there are alot of 'sub-average' people out there lol..

Just my thoughts My reaction times were crap.. my best was about .35

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Blackness said:

Obviously this wouldnt be accurate given the outside influences whilst riding as opposed to sitting behind a computer.

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alex92 said:

Drew said:

If you ask Vicroads though they'll tell you that your reaction time is around about 1.6 seconds... the fucking idiots.

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yeah but you were looking at the box with your finger on the mouse, ready to click the button when the text changed. You knew exactly what you needed to do, and you were expecting it within a 3-5 second gap, you didn't have to analyse the situation or move to 'grab your brakes'.. You weren't thinking about the speed you were going, what cars around you were doing, where your next turn is, what the road surface is like etc etc..

My point being if it were a real situation, your reaction would not be 0.3 seconds.. Unless maybe you had spotted someone doing something stupid and you had already set up your brakes and were ready to squeeze it..

And Vicroads probably stated a slightly higher reaction time than is normal because they would rather you allow more time to stop than is needed, rather than just enough time for the average person to stop.. Because let's face it, there are alot of 'sub-average' people out there lol..

Just my thoughts My reaction times were crap.. my best was about .35

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King Kenny said:

0.3224 - us old bastards are gettin creamed by the younger guys! Good thing experience counts for more than outright reaction time or we'd all be brown bread.

I dont think it's a true test of reaction. When you're on the bike all your senses are high tuned & sensitive & your body reacts much fast when faced with a real threat other than a box on a computer screen saying 'Brake'

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Drew said:

King Kenny said:

0.3224 - us old bastards are gettin creamed by the younger guys! Good thing experience counts for more than outright reaction time or we'd all be brown bread.

I dont think it's a true test of reaction. When you're on the bike all your senses are high tuned & sensitive & your body reacts much fast when faced with a real threat other than a box on a computer screen saying 'Brake'

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+1 you're not trained to press the mouse button when the box says brake, whereas, at least in theory, everybody here should be capable of identifying a threat and undertaking emergency action as a programmed response so you'd expect that you'd be a lot quicker on a bike.

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