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Speed Loss upon Mounting Kerb

Declan Cosgrove (kildress@dnet.co.uk)
Wed, 25 Mar 1998 14:25:49 -0500 (EST)

In the case of a vehicle mounting a kerb how would one estimate how much speed would be lost. I can derive a figure for speed after moiunting the kerb from othere factors. The vehicle approach angle is approx. 45 degrees to the kerb and speed after mounting kerb is 30 mph.
Declan Cosgrove
kildress@dnet.co.uk

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