When driving a truck on a wet road surface, how is the braking distance of the vehicle affected?

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Braking distance is the distance the vehicle travels from the moment the driver presses the brake pedal until it comes to a complete stop. This distance depends directly on the friction between the tire and the road surface. When the roadway is wet, the presence of water drastically reduces the coefficient of grip, which can make the braking distance increase considerably, even doubling compared with a dry surface. In heavy vehicles, because of their large mass and inertia, this situation calls for extreme caution and a preventive increase of the safety distance from the vehicle ahead.

When driving a truck on a wet road surface, how is the braking distance of the vehicle affected?

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