What does reaction time mean? Learn what reaction time is, what it can look like in traffic, and what the average driver's reaction time is.
Reaction time is the minimum time that elapses between what psychologists call stimulus and response. In traffic, your reaction time is the time that elapses from the time you discover an obstacle on the road, for example, until you start to brake, on average, this is about one second in traffic.
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