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Speed and stoppingQuestion 98 of 202

What parts make up your total stopping distance?

  1. Reaction distance and braking distance only
  2. Perception distance and braking distance only
  3. Following distance and braking distance
  4. Perception distance, reaction distance and braking distance
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Correct answer: Perception distance, reaction distance and braking distance

You travel a distance while you see the danger, a distance while you react, and a distance while the brakes work. Add the three to get the total.

Source: Driver's Manual: A guide to safely operate cars and light trucks (Government of the Northwest Territories, revised August 2022), Chapter 3, Stopping, page 62

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026