Sentences with phrase «braking hard»

One of the trends that it has seen is that a person that has a habit of braking hard is more likely to be involved in an accident than someone who does not brake hard.

We know braking hard may be required at times.

You get credit for safer driving techniques, such as driving fewer miles than average, not braking hard, accelerating gently and not driving during the late - night hours.

Brad Zimmerman, the head technician at the company, said after driving the car, «I drove it hard for 4 solid hours, throwing it into corners, accelerating and braking hard.

The impulse triggers kick in under wheelspin and when you lock the wheels from braking hard, but I honestly didn't notice it as much as playing something like Forza 6 for instance, where the feedback in the impulse trigger is a lot more nuanced.

When you're driving, you should always have a clear view of what is in front of you, everything from the city skyline to that car braking hard right in front of you.

I once avoided getting in an accident by braking hard and the ABS did a wonderful job of stopping the vehicle and maintaining control during the hard braking.

The Pre-Collision System prompts you to apply the brakes using visual and audio alerts if it determines a collision is likely, but can adjust your brake output if you are not braking hard enough.

Another standard feature is the two - stage Brake Force Display significantly enhancing traffic safety whenever required: With the driver braking hard or with the ABS anti-lock brakes intervening, the area covered by the rear lights is enlarged accordingly.

The new setup also delivers greater mechanical stability and control when braking hard, and will help drivers set the car up for power - slides using Drift Mode.

Braking performance is good, as the vehicle sheds speed quick with the ABS kicking in at the right time but there is a tad bit of nervousness with braking hard.

Being under - tyred leads to loss of traction very quickly and plenty of screeches when cornering or braking hard.

(1,602 kg), this isn't a light car, and it feels heavy when braking hard before corners.

You do notice a little more push from behind when braking hard, almost giving the feeling that you are pushing the nose of the van into the ground.

And every time the SLS fires off a perfect succession of auto - blip downshifts while braking hard into a favorite corner, you tend to forget about these minor concerns.

Turning the steering wheel while braking hard would cause many cars without ABS to flip.

ABS helps avoid this and gives far more confidence to the rider while braking hard which makes braking faster as well.

They help the driver maintain steering control by reducing wheel lockup while braking hard on most slippery surfaces.

This can help you steer around obstacles while braking hard.

The Auto mode, however, tries to gauge what I want out of the car, so also makes the transmission maintain power when I'm frequently digging into the throttle and braking hard.

It was only while braking hard at the end of the straight, when the weight transferred from the rear to the front, that I could detect some movement and a very slight shifting at the back due to the wind.

Dynamic brake support, or increased braking force in panic situations (when the driver isn't braking hard enough)

However, the anti-lock system seems a bit eager to engage when braking hard on slippery surfaces.

That's not just a bugbear on the track, but while braking hard into tight turns, when it often makes you wait longer than necessary for the last in a series of downshifts.

They encourage me to stay on the throttle just a bit longer on the back straight, where I hit triple digits before braking hard for a 90 - degree right - hander.

Outside air temperature is enough to cause this, as well as how much energy you put into the drive tires (by repeated acceleration runs, turning hard, braking hard, etc.).

As for how you know the optimal pressure, by braking hard until the wheel skids (or ABS activates), then change the pressure and do it again.

This would be your rotors needing replacement, try braking hard from 50 km / h but not to the extent of hearing the tires squeal or reaching a complete stop, if you feel some vibration in the driving wheel then the rotors are pretty bad, if not, try the same thing from 100 km / h; if you feel vibration, the damage is somehow less but still needs changing.

By braking hard, turning in more gently, and exiting with a more gradual throttle application, the Panamera manages carves through the corner and can hang reasonably close to its immensely capable lead car.

Some sections are painfully slow, others open up into straights where we go throttle down on the W12 before braking hard for the next hairpin turn.

We hustle the BMW from corner to corner, braking hard, slamming the shifter between second and third gears, and mashing the accelerator.

It turns out that it's important that the front tires lock up first when braking hard, for example, in wet weather.

(One criticism: There's too much pedal interference when braking hard with the StabiliTrak engaged.)

Before long, we find the corners of the car and are tearing up mountain roads, braking hard into switchbacks, and steering the V60 between the tall stone curbs that line the roads and might, just might, keep us from tumbling into a ravine if we get it all wrong.

What if it has such overheating signs, but shaking doesn't occur when braking hard, should the rotor be replaced anyways?

When we change seats for two demo laps, O'Gorman demonstrates that idea by braking hard enough to use the ABS on every stop, and rolling onto the throttle far before the end of the turn.

A couple of times, trail - braking hard into a tightening bend, the back end does break free, yet it's easy to catch and not the pulse - quickening event everyone associates with Peugeot GTIs of old.

To make it clear, I wasn't steering the car at all in this case, just braking hard.

A few red lights and stop signs to work with no issues and in the parking lot I tried braking hard and soft to see if it happened again to get out and see if the brakes were locked but it did not happen again.

So it's back to the tarmac to shake off the brownies, accelerating then braking hard once, twice, three times.

We're accelerating all the way down the straight and there is just time to reach about 330kph (205mph) in sixth gear before braking hard for the first Mulsanne chicane.

At this point we're doing around 260kph (162mph) before braking hard into the Dunlop chicane, under the famous bridge.

The Adaptive function not only measures how the car is currently being driven (for example, cruising in a straight line will call up Comfort Plus; steering and braking hard will call up Sport), but also uses information from the navigation map to proactively switch into Sport if the car is approaching a series of switchbacks, for instance.

If a guy pulled out in front of you on a two - lane road and caused you to brake hard, honking is unnecessary.

I'm in the right lane, you flash by me in the left lane, dart over in front of me... and then brake hard so you can slow down enough to make the exit ramp, causing me to slow down, too.

It takes a second or so for the next driver to react so they have to brake harder still.

An old ewe appeared, looking mildly up the headlight beam at Millichamp as he braked hard.

Heidfeld hitting the brakes hard caught Rubens Barrichello out behind.

Spacecraft screaming along at many thousands of kilometers per hour have to hit the brakes hard, firing retrorockets to swing into orbit.

The drivers also slammed on the brakes harder when traffic got sticky, the researchers reported in Accident Analysis & Prevention.