On a two-lane road, car $ A $ is travelling with a speed of $ 36 \,km\, h^{-1} $ . Two cars $ B $ and $ C $ approach car $ A $ in opposite directions with a speed of $ 54\, km \,h^{-1} $ each. At a certain instant, when the distance $ AB $ is equal to $ AC $ , both being $ 1 \,km $ , $ B $ decides to overtake $ A $ before $ C $ does. The minimum required acceleration of car $ B $ to avoid an accident is