Road rules / 🇺🇸 speed
At 55 mph, how far does your car travel during the 5 seconds it takes to read a text?
✓ ANSWER
About the length of a football field
Five seconds at 55 mph covers roughly 400 feet — an entire football field driven blind.
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- ✓About the length of a football field
- ✗About one car length
- ✗About 20 feet
- ✗The car does not move if you are skilled
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