Reaction time?
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Reaction time?
All I've heard is that perfect R/T is .500, but I went to Atco Raceway here in Jersey and R/T was .000. People wouldn't have a false start unless they had a negative R/T. one of the best times i seen was a .015, and it wasn't a false start? Anybody been there that can explain
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Rep Power: 0 I have not been there, but I think I can explain it for you. They use .000 as a "base' for a "perfect" reaction time. Bascially thier .000 = .500 seconds. So somebody with a .015 R/T on this track would have a real world R/T of .515 seconds. And a negative number on this track equals "red lighting" or leaving before the green. So a -.050 second reaction time on this track would be a real world time of .450, meaning they left .050 seconds too early (five hundreths of a second). Cat-fish? (simpsons humor there)
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Yeah, it's exactly as he described it. Also what that means is instead of the time the last amber light going off starting the clock at .000, it starts the clock at -.500 and then hits .000 when the light turns green.
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