Manufacturers, tire developers, and brake component producers are on a constant quest to reduce stopping distances and improve vehicle stability. As capability improves, the testing systems required to evaluate them must be accurate to less than 2cm. The usual process for these tests, undertaken in carefully controlled conditions at a test track, is to warm up the tires and brakes in a series of maneuvers, before accelerating to above the desired starting speed and placing the transmission into neutral. Once the desired speed is reached the brake pedal is activated as fast as possible (sometimes using a brake robot). This is repeated a number of times.
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