De Coninck Stoptronic User Manual

Contents

1. INTRODUCTION 2

2. OBJECTIVES 3

3. ASSEMBLY 4

4. PREPARATION 6

5. GENERAL INFORMATION

6. STOPTRONIC USE 7

6.1 Common manoeuvres 7

6.2 Braking deceleration 8

6.3 Braking distance and stopping distance 9

7. BRAKING 10

7.1 Emergency stop 11

7.2 Braking distance formula 11

7.3 Emergency stop (dry road surface) 1

7.4 Emergency stop (wet road surface) 1

8. NOTES 14

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1. IntRoDUCtIon

The STOPTRONIC® provides insight into the acceleration,
deceleration, braking and stopping of a vehicle and this has a
positive inuence on the driving behaviour. Through the use of the
STOPTRONIC®, the driver is able to better anticipate trafc situations
which, in turn, improves road safety.

The STOPTRONIC® not only improves trafc safety. By avoiding
unnecessary acceleration and deceleration, the fuel consumption is
greatly decreased, which is not only benecial to the environment, but
also saves the driver a great deal of money.

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2. oBJeCtIVes

The STOPTRONIC® has been developed to give drivers insight into
the dynamics of acceleration and braking deceleration, as well as
braking and stopping distances.
The STOPTRONIC® helps drivers to develop a good feeling for
braking by displaying a veriable representation of the braking
behaviour.

With the aid of the STOPTRONIC®, the driver will:

Improve his/her road observation and start to look further ahead.

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Learn to brake appropriately and more safely.

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Learn to estimate the stopping distance of his/her vehicle.

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Learn to estimate the speed of other vehicles.

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Keep a safe distance from the car in front.

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Be able to make a safe emergency stop.

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Learn to use the clutch, gears and accelerator pedal more smoothly.

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Change gear at the right time, which prevents high fuel consumption

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and (unnecessary) wear to the vehicle.

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3. AsseMBLY

The STOPTRONIC® can be easily tted to the Brodit ProClip using the
MoveClip provided (see the diagram below).

Return the completed voucher and receive the assembly bracket
specic to your vehicle.

Use the cloth provided to remove any grease from the areas on
the rear of the STOPTRONIC® and the ProClip and wait until these
areas are dry. Remove the protective strips from the MoveClip (which
consists of two parts) and press them rmly into place on both the
STOPTRONIC® and the ProClip.

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The MoveClip is conical. Therefore, stick part 1 to the ProClip and part
2 to the rear of the STOPTRONIC®, as shown below.

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