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Safety
Representing Motion
One way to show motion is
with the use of strobe photos.
A strobe photo is a multiple-exposure photo in
which a moving object is photographed at
regular time intervals.The sketches you used in
Steps 1, 2, and 3 in For You To Do are similar
to strobe photos. Here is a strobe photo of a car
traveling at the average speed of 50 mph.
Distance (miles)
200
150
100
50
1
Time (hours)
School zone
25 mph
40 km/h
11 m/s
Residential
street
35 mph
55 km/h
16 m/s
Suburban
interstate
55 mph
90 km/h
25 m/s
Rural
interstate
75 mph
120 km/h
34 m/s
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