366 "...and 13/5 seconds later—" (A RECENT TRUE INCIDENT ON A MAIN ROAD) later. feet in one second, The smash came 13/5 seconds First-class brakes will Why? Exasperation at being stop a car, from that speed, in 75 feet, held up behind the lorry? including the time you take to think. our Highway Code (paragraphs us against over- The driver of the nearer car, in taking unsafe to do so. the situation That obviously the case when attempting the impossible. He had there is is no clear view ahead. tried to overtake when blind bend.