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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
In the latest NRMA open road comic that arrived in my letter box, I was bemused to read driver reaction times "in an emergeny" are apparently around. 1.5 to 3 seconds (!!!)
If these reaction times are true, then getting of the blocks for a 100 metre sprint (minimum 0.1 sec), returning a tennis ball (0.2-0.3 sec)...or just even stopping for a red light (amber lights depend on speed zone - 1 to 2 seconds typically) would challenge the bulk of the population.
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These are all things that we practice and are trained to do. Once you've hit a tennis ball (that you're already expecting) a few thousand times it becomes instinctive. I'd guess that the 1.5 to 3 seconds time they are quoting is for dealing with a completely new and unexpected situation and that doesn't seem so surprising to me.
Cheers,
Rick.