Road rules / 🇦🇺 speed

On a gravel or unsealed surface, your stopping distance is:

✓ ANSWER

Longer than on sealed bitumen

Loose surfaces give tyres far less grip, so braking takes much longer.

All the options

  1. ✓Longer than on sealed bitumen
  2. ✗Shorter because gravel grips tyres
  3. ✗The same as on bitumen
  4. ✗Irrelevant if you have new tyres

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