Challenge: Calculating overtaking distance: the 60-formula and the blind spot
Most students estimate this distance by feel, or even think a smaller speed difference makes the manoeuvre shorter. The CBR exam designer counts on that: the formula gives exactly the opposite answer to what intuition says, and whoever does not know the formula also misses the blind-spot check that always precedes it.
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