Maximum Speed of Flatbed Truck & Copper Block - Correct?

[apnut821]

i had a test yesterday and one of the questions was sumthin about a flat bed truck with a steel truck bed and on it it had a copper block which weighed 12000 kg and it asked whut is the maximum speed the car can go without the block sliding...i had no clue so i guessed an i think i got it right...i said that the maximum speed is irrelevant, b/c as long as any speed is constant there will be no acceleration and the object won't move?

please tell me I am right

 

[Doc Al]

If they said maximum speed, then you'd be correct. It's maximum acceleration that you have to worry about exceeding.

 

[apnut821]

yea it said max speed...the next question said max acceleration and that i knew how to find