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At least the Bentley stayed on the road... For once😂

You mean, never stood a chance.

Man Jeremy was funny

@@TheCookieBirb - lmaoooo you did it 😂

Moss they will stop you faster with a working system. Just a matter of fact due to higher friction. Steel brakes will do the job of course, but drive a 911 with those, go to 60mph, brake, then do the same with ceramic ones (the only personally tested example I have). You'll notice the difference the moment you hit the brake.

None of your business Brakes can only stop you with as much force as the tires are able to put to the ground. Both ceramic and steel brakes easily achieve that, you won't find a car no matter how cheap, where the ABS doesn't trigger under heavy braking.

Ceramic Brakes have a higher initial bite, so it will feel as if you were stopping quicker. On "slow" test like 60mph you probably wont notice much of a difference due to tires. If you are going faster then they will probably stop you guicker. This comes especially from the heat in the brake disc. Ceramic disk are much more heat resistant than Steel ones. That is one reason why larger disks can stop you better. They travel longer until they reach the calliper again and can cool down more in that time.

The biggest factor in stopping, is the friction with the road surface resulting from the tyres NOT the brakes. Better brakes last longer under heavy usage such as track driving, the car will stop in about the same distance even with good quality steel brakes. The steel brakes will just get hotter each time you brake, and eventually can boil the brake fluids and cause very severe brake fade as a result. Ceramic/carbon brakes can handle those high temperatures and will increase in performance at high temps.

Cyanor larger brake disks have more to do with area than period but the point still stands that larger disks are generally better.

qrogueuk how on earth do you have no comments

@@BWG05 I just asked myself the same

@@masonduncan1310 Just seems like a missed opportunity

@@MuzzCat05 lol

@@BWG05 why should a direct quote from the video get replies and attention. KZfaq is ridiculous for that, yes, we watched the video as well

Stephen Southern i also wouldn’t drive super saloons through the desert sands but that’s top gear

Probably washable paint

It's liquid chalk, dissolves in water. Rain would wash it away

Yeah, these cars had to be repainted and a big service after this adventure. The don’t care about the cars when they do this, they just want a cool film

Zxzi what planet are you on

Stefan Kurcubic and James May is not your average driver? Lol

James may Isn't your average driver, he is actually a very good driver but top gear and grand tour make him out to be a slow driver for a joke. If the highway code in its current state was bullshit then they would change it. It's mostly to do with the fact that we are still technically in the early 2000's, and that 50% of cars on the road today are from the 90's and 80's, so they have old style steel brakes which are less effective at high speeds.

Maybe -- "50% of cars on the road today are from the 90's and 80's" -- are you sure about that? I don't live in the UK, but most cars on the road in the US are not much older than mid-90s. The vast majority are less than 15 years old, I reckon.

Ok I admit that was a miss type. But most cars on the roads in Europe today are around 20 years old, I remember that in the UK back in 2004 most cars were new and all the cars that were 10 years old or over just disappeared pretty much, so i guess what i was trying to say is that the number of new cars bought has gone down quite a lot in Europe for the last 15 years :P I guess in america its different :)

A little different. We have a lot more spare cash for car purchases than most countries, plus our cars are cheaper (base model Mondeo costs 17k GBP for comparison, and that trend is reflected throughout the market). We also have pretty good interest rates, and new car leasing programs have gotten a lot of people out of their high school cars and into something new.

0tispunkm3y3r u mean ceramic? they work better under heat on a track day once steel ones are hot they fade fast but ceramics dont get hot enough

thats probably just one of the advantages

0tispunkm3y3r they do the sme cause abs gets activated with both brakes if your brakes caant activate abs then u either dont have abs or ur brakes need replacing

Not even true, these are ceramic not carbon brakes and why they use these is because they work under heat.

0tispunkm3y3r if I remember correctly they have similar stopping distances to steel in general, but are made to preform just as good in much higher heat. Only downside is if they’re cold, they preform worse than steel

Why not change it to be able to drive twice as fast?

even a car from a decade ago with EBD, ABS, ESP, and a bunch of other shit like panic braking that automatically puts full braking force on without you doing so, can stop much quicker

​@@dragonsdynamite6403your average consumer car won't do 120mph. Plus going that fasr is very inefficient. your MPG would be destroyed.

it doesn't overestimate anything; that stopping distance is what's optimal for the driver (whiplash anyone?), optimal for your fuel efficiency, optimal for your brakes, etc. Try to break under the highway code guidelines and see how quickly you warp your rotors, burn out gas/petrol, and overall feel unhappy with the driving experience.

which in the uk is always weird coz they based their 110km/h limit on the maximum acceptable braking distance. But this is perhaps the reason why the limit is so poorly enforced there. I cant remember what the true limit should be with a modern car. 140 or 150 perhaps would get it up to the 100m.

even then, that test is ridiculous - maybe add a 75 year old, sleepy driver to that last sentence.

​@@ghostrider-be9ekand you're pulling a caravan (perhaps not to work though 😅)

yeap, it takes about 1 second reaction time into it. 1 second with 60 mph will take them half the distance, before even beginning to break.

Chris Etienne ever heard of "

Not badly enough it didn't

Nice to see Jeremy not slagging off BMWs or making them look bad for once lol

I did read that in Clarkson's voice of course 😂

@@5uper5kill3rz Nah, the drivers do that plenty enough already.

I think it's more that the highway code insists all cars have the exact same stopping distance, which is just obviously untrue. I feel more people would be willing to follow it if it was actually correct.

Now try a fully loaded semi on a downhill in poor weather conditions.

@@CMKloser search on here for Volvo truck brake test. Man I'm surprised the tyres don't spin on the beads of the rims

No Brakes NO BRAKES!

@@daveytn Great, Now try a fully loaded semi on a downhill in poor weather conditions.

Man in his prime 🤣

Especially not the bits about indicating, giving way and safe lane changes.

Hmm that is a BMW and a bentley.

They did it with their reasonably priced car (Vauxhall Astra Diesel). It did 112mph before it actually got close to the braking distance in the highway code

What Mercs?

“...that much.”

Sina Madani i agree the code is outdated but.... that distance can give a retarded driver the time of panic they need to brake

I RuBiiX I only if friend. only if

lol which do you think they're more likely to do? Ban a load of drivers based on something arbitrary or just keep the speed limits where they are?

The Highway Code includes 1 second ‘reaction time’. ** Don’t tell me that 1 second is much longer than standard reaction time, because I already know.. just stating the facts

Yeah. 40 mph above the speed limit.

Lewis not sure about the other two but I read an article saying the Bentley was stripped and repainted after top gear gave it back because the paintwork was completely buggered

mikey380sx can imagine that

It's not paint, It will be like line marking footballers use... well i assume anyway..

Michael Kennedy hope so, wouldn't have thought they would be that careless with these expensive cars

Lewis Dude, have you seen a minute of the rest of the episode? 😂😂😂

Thank you, been scrolling for hours to find out what season it is

Thank you

The hero we need

Thanks for using season and not series, some KZfaq channels get that completely wrong

My guy

I thought it was a fart. Not the restaurants barely hot vindaloo or so they told me.

gold star for the comment. Now I've seen Clarkson sitting on a toilet having diarrhea.

no fuck off GTR fanboy

Angry man

angry little man

He was left by his mate for another who happened to drive a gtr; that wasn’t why, it was actually his micropenis. Size matters when you are at the extremes and have no talent with your tongue or fingers.

u wot captain save the bees stop ruining their roast sesh

LOL, years later hammond didn't brake after the finish line when he crashed the rimac 🤣🤣🤣

you're outright wrong. the highway code explicitly states the reaction time distance is only 60 metres and braking distance 180, for a combined 240. 240 is not even in the correct ballpark as shown by how the bentley, the worse one, didn't even reach halfway (i.e. 120m). Even with a slow reaction time leading to 120m of delay to the braking it still wouldn't reach 240m, and that's with an incredibly heavy car. In a more normal one like the BMW? hahahahahaha

1 second reaction time? Do they think drivers are that retarded ?

Andrei Serban have you seen drivers in Australia? Have you seen what humanity has become? Yes the Gov't needs to take into account the morons who pollute the road

ZAIN AKBAR funny that the government are the 1s that created those morons

One second reaction time is about average actually, a driver not paying attention could have up to 3 second response time, even in this case when there's a predetermined braking point the reaction from the decision to brake to the braking takes something like 0.3 seconds. A driver paying attention will have a reaction time of somewhere around 0.5-0.7 seconds.

am i the only one to think that if you have a reaction time of 1 sec you are a fucking vegetable.?

finally someone who understands that you can have discs of the uranus for brakes and it still wont do you any good if your tires are made out of corn chunked crap with hairs in it for reinforcement... Once your braking system has achieved the factor of being able to apply as much/more braking power than is required to shut the engine down despite being given throttle, you cant achieve better performance with better brakes, you now need better tires and less mass to the car, the start of which is a set of good wheels that are light as rotational mass is the worst thing, also a lightened flywheel is a great thing, wheels and a flywheel with great brakes and great tires will give your vehicle an immensely superior performance(stop/go perf) compared to any other upgrade...

@@camillosteuss yup, ALL comes down to mass and mechanical grip.

*on

Probably about the same speed, maybe +10mph or so when you change the setting to a regular commute and you have no idea of when and where you're gonna have to brake or even that you have to brake at all.

they didnt factor in reaction time to say, a child suddenly walking out from behind a car. Thats why they put the extra few ft Still a shock how much extra they included.

I bet a regular 2017 rubbish car could stop almost as good as these cars do.

mischiefpwns yes but most cars on the road aren't brand new

Rob Constant More of them than the cars tested here.Id even be generous and say any car past 2014 could stop almost as well from 60.

it's still out of date. I'm sure my 10 year old 1.4 Hyundai Getz could stop significantly quicker than 180 feet (55 metres).

why do all of you have purple avatars

And the fact that most drivers never had to full break, and that is something that could result in accident bc it's scary the first time you fully lock the wheels at high speed

Just like North America, Australian highway code is outdated now.

It's just line marking spray, it washes off.

£5 says you live in india

Yes but given the AVG reaction speed of a driver over 150ft will get used up before breaking starts. Even with very good reaction speed 88ft would have been used up.

No he didn't, the closest thing would be and he only spray painted a b EDIT: Just found out that is used to make text bold, so nvm

Oh, did he?

That was a bold move.

He wrote the wings of the bentley logo

LDHFIntegrale *Oh, did he?*

TechyMark Highway codes are so fucking stupid.

TechyMark abs allows you to steer whilst braking, not brake more efficiently

Yes, ABS actually increases the breaking distance slightly (in dry conditions - like in this video), so if they’d disconnected ABS they’d have stopped even sooner! Haha

TechyMark nein

@@analogeit what about rain, snow, ice? 😂😂😂

the stopping distance takes into account how long it takes for you to notice the hazard, realise you need to break, and then the time it takes for you to actually hit the break with your foot, AND THEN the actual time it takes for the car to stop. The human factor is the main issue. In this test the guys are clearly prepared to break and ready when they hit the line. It'd be like comparing the time a runner takes to get off the starting line vs how long it takes for something to start moving from a standstill in a supermarket or something. bad analogy but you get the idea lmao

@@deetvleet Peoples reaction times haven't changed from the 60s to today, however, cars braking distances have. The distances where brought out in the 1960's based on those cars. in 2020 we have improved technology and braking systems including ABS and improved tyre technology, While i agree it wont be anything like in this footage as they know they are braking. . it is in reality. a lot shorter. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jNVmdpZ5qtbKo4U.html

@@looneyirish007 You make a good point, but also some of those old trucks are still on the roads, so I guess we're better safe than sorry? Do you know what these official highway code stopping distances are used for? I'm not sure and I'd be curious to find out what would change if they were reduced in response to modern breaking technology.

@@deetvleet Each country has its own Highway code, however, you won't find a 30-year-old truck hauling on Irish roads, or cars over 15 years, insurance companies won't insure them for everyday use. Tyres have also improved dramatically.

Yep exactly, which is why the UK hasn't had any motorway accidents since 1997. www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras10-reported-road-accidents

2200kg tho, I could never drive sum that heavy

Then marry the Bentleey

northern territory special

It was in the episode originally, but seems to be edited out on the iTunes version, no idea why

Australian special

😂

When they switched to Amazon Prime

Your wife probably

@@mrcaboosevg6089 Why did you feel it was necessary to add that comment?

@@AceKX Well...it was quite funny.

140 characters per minute LOL

It's scary to think how many dumb people use their phones whilst driving...... Just pray that you are never near one lol

Probably yeah, but look at that difference between where they stop and the highway code. Even with real reaction times the highway code would be a long way off

@@felixone7506 These are relatively high performance and modern cars so will have appropriate brakes relative to the top speed. Also assuming the avg drivers reaction speed of 2 seconds before even breaking the car will have traveled 176ft of the total 240ft before breaking starts.

Also the upper reaction speed of drivers is 3 seconds meaning they will have traveled the whole distance plus 20 extra feet before they even start to break.

season 22 episode 2

SCMcruisesADL It exists for people that don't want to end up in multiple pieces

They're called segments.

@@zestren5830 It exists for people who's driving would otherwise leave them in multiple pieces.

Seeing your profile picture is giving me an excuse to perform excessive hit and runs.

Lighter car, so the tires and brakes don't have to work as hard even if they aren't nearly as good. During a MotorTrend test the 2014 Mirage managed 60-0 in 127 feet, which is still little more than half the allotted distance.

VestedUTuber the joke was that the Mitsubishi Mirage is a POS

@@XxPureKhaosxX And the fact that a POS like that _still_ manages to completely trounce the highway authority's requirements is even funnier.

VestedUTuber that’s true haha

Personal experience bro?

Yes most likely. Traveling at 110km/h you are going roughly 100 feet per second. A good human reaction in real time is roughly 1/3 to 1/2 second. Which would add about 33-50 more feet to their stopping distance.

It included reaction times back in the 70s. A citroen C3 from the mid 2000s can stop way short of the highway code stopping distance, with an average driver and even if they delay braking. Most cars on the road can safely go 90mph in a 70 zone and still have good enough brakes to stop in time if needed

It’s because the Highway Code was written back when cars had crappy drum brakes with no power assistance and cross ply tyres and not modern radials Your average modem car would demolish this stopping distance as well. Highway Code needs to be badly re written

Very important given the AVG driver reaction speed over 180ft of the total 240ft would have been covered in this time.

@@James-H84 Actually reaction time has nothing to do with 'Stopping' distance.

Good point. In this situation, they knew EXACTLY when to brake as hard as possible. How often does that happen in real life? Usually you don't know that a small child will suddenly run in front of your car. In those cases, there's the typical "Oh shit, what do I do?!?!" situation in which you keep moving at full speed until you start braking.

@@Corristo89 exactly. When I studied for my licence my book said that it takes about 90 meters from that you see something on the road until the car has stopped if you drive in 100 kph. But something like 60-65 meters of that was the reaction time and only 25 meters (around 80 feet) is actual breaking time.

​@@Corristo89 If you typically do "Oh shit what do I do" then you shouldn't have a driving license at all, because you are dangerous. If you know what you are doing, you slam on the brakes immediately as soon as you see child step on the road.

@@mnoovurvi humans simply take time to react to things, we aren't robots. It takes several milliseconds to notice the child, realize you need to slow down and press your foot onto the brake pedal, it's not instant

Look at the German Autobahn without a speed limit. It works out great with fewer accidents than in many other countries. The right training and well-built roads actually allow high velocities.

Certainly, it can work if it's done right, but the Autobahn is no ordinary highway. It's specifically designed for very high speeds and just as importantly, it's maintained to a high standard. German drivers also have above-average training. Unfortunately, none of this is true in my country (Australia). Most of our country highways - where higher speed limits would be the most useful due to the vast distances - are one lane each way with no median strip. Not even remotely like the Autobahn. Even if we did have a highway like the Autobahn, Australian drivers as a whole have poor lane discipline and very little training in high speed driving. But I rarely see the "let's go faster" camp acknowledge these shortcomings or discuss any plans to address them *before* moving to increase speed limits.

The UK effectively has an unrestricted autobahn the M40 I cruise the road at over 90mph and just about keep pace with half the traffic with cars still flying past me it's glorious.

Wet Lettuce 😂😂😂😂 the m40 lol fastest iv ever managed on their is 40mph due to the abundance of traffic.

MattyDienhoff try texting and driving on the autoban :D

That's why they have a separate section for in the wet.

It was written in the time of the Ford anglia

There’s different rules for wet /icy conditions they were purely checking out the normal dry conditions

No, they have a separate section for *when it's raining*.

Tykwa Iijing You completely made that up didn't you? You actually have no idea what you're talking about do you?