Over the time required for the human to reach his or her top speed. (For even more dramatic results, use the peak instantaneous acceleration, probably about 0.15 seconds after the light turns green for most people, and (I'm guessing) earlier for trained sprinters.) So strictly speaking, maybe eight feet? But that'll give the human enough of a lead that the car will take another fifteen to forty feet (depending on the car and the driver, and of course the runner) to catch up again.
I kmow that a human in good enough shape can outrun a horse or a deer over a long enough distancel I don't know horses well enough to know whether I was ever quite that fit, but it was probably true for everyone on my college track team. Good parallel, looking at the other extreme time-wise.
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Sure. I'll buy it. Over what distance?
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I kmow that a human in good enough shape can outrun a horse or a deer over a long enough distancel I don't know horses well enough to know whether I was ever quite that fit, but it was probably true for everyone on my college track team. Good parallel, looking at the other extreme time-wise.