Road rules / 🇬🇧 speed
How much longer can braking distances be on icy roads compared with dry roads?
✓ ANSWER
Up to ten times longer
On ice, stopping distances can be ten times greater than on a dry road.
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- ✓Up to ten times longer
- ✗About twice as long
- ✗About half as long again
- ✗They are unchanged if you have winter tyres
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