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Also increases. Stopping distance comprises reaction distance and braking distance. With unchanged reaction time, reaction distance rises with speed; under comparable conditions braking distance rises approximately with speed squared. Grip, tyres and other factors matter too: there is no fixed multiplier applying to every wet or icy surface.
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