RE: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography?

2001-12-07 Thread Kent Gittings
, 2001 2:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography? - Original Message - From: Kent Gittings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 11:42 AM Subject: RE: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography? Tailgating

RE: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography?

2001-12-06 Thread Kent Gittings
or on a motorcycle. Kent Gittings -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Mustarde Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 7:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography? On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 11:02:06 -0500, you wrote

Re: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography?

2001-12-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Kent Gittings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 11:42 AM Subject: RE: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography? Tailgating is sometimes relative. In my case I know exactly what my reflex time is (uncommonly short

Re: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography?

2001-12-05 Thread SudaMafud
In a message dated 12/4/01 10:39:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's why race cars run itty-bitty tires ~Which~ race cars run itty-bitty tires? If what you call itty-bitty is race cars whose tires measure up to 20 at the wheel, up to 14 wide on the ground

Re: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography?

2001-12-05 Thread PAUL STENQUIST
Hi Mafud, I was being facetious. The poster I was responding to said that the size of a tire's footprint doesn't affect braking. Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/4/01 10:39:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's why race cars run itty-bitty tires

Re: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography?

2001-12-05 Thread Norman Baugher
I don't think it's about stopping distance Bill, the advantage is that you are able to still control the car since they don't lock up... Norm William Robb wrote: In every situation, ABS takes longer to stop than a vehicle of similar weight/ tire size without ABS. - This message is from the

Re: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography?

2001-12-05 Thread SudaMafud
In a message dated 12/5/01 6:32:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Mafud, I was being facetious. The poster I was responding to said that the size of a tire's footprint doesn't affect braking. Paul Mea culpa-mea culpa-my bad! Mafud [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

RE: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography?

2001-12-05 Thread Kent Gittings
this once then you get your money back and are told to leave the premises. Kent Gittings -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jackie Lee Mowery Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 9:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal

Re: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography?

2001-12-05 Thread Bill Owens
: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography? That is mainly a bunch of poop. It depends entirely on whether the ABS system is a top quality design that can simulate threshold braking or not. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net

Re: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography?

2001-12-05 Thread Bob Blakely
From: Kent Gittings [EMAIL PROTECTED] I agree with most of your comments. And it is the tire that actually stops the vehicle. The brake system is just to remove the excess heat from this action. No. In addition to dissipating the heat of breaking, (same as the energy required to stop the

Re: OT: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography?

2001-12-04 Thread PAUL STENQUIST
William Robb wrote: I have heard from a few sources that the fastest way to stop is to lock up all four wheels, as that is how they create the most friction. That's sometimes true, but only because you avoid brake fade when the pads and rotors are locked. I know for a fact that ABS