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Accident reconstruction expert Melvin Lum emphasizes that at higher speeds, reaction times remain roughly the same, but stopping distances increase dramatically. For instance, at 50 km/h, a driver needs about 35 meters to stop; at 90 km/h, this distance more than doubles to over 83 meters, stretching to nearly 109 meters at night—more than the length of 26 cars.