Does friction stop a vehicle in motion?
It can, or it can slow it down, as with car brakes.
For moving objects, friction transforms kinetic energy into heat or other physical forces (ripping, tearing). As an example, conventional disk brakes slow a wheel down by pressing two surfaces together, generating heat. However, if a car's tires were to suddenly go flat, their rolling friction would become dragging friction, heating and tearing the rubber, and the car would probably not keep moving for very far.
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