Sentences with phrase «hitting the brakes if»

With the new - for - 2016 XC90 seven - seater crossover suv, there's the usual array of active safety features on offer — like forward collision warning with automatic braking and blind spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert — but there's also a function where it will hit the brakes if the driver tries to steer into the path of an oncoming vehicle (at an intersection, for example).

This feature improves the safety of rearward maneuvers by automatically hitting the brakes if sensors detect an object in your path while your vehicle is in reverse.

Your new LEAF can maintain speed, steer you to safety, and hit the brakes if you can't!

You have to step up to the top - of - the - line Premium trim to get features like Front Automatic Braking, which hits the brakes if the car senses an impending collision, and Full Speed Range Adaptive Cruise Control.

Nissan uses the same system to make the Sentra automatically hit the brakes if it senses an imminent collision, and the driver takes no action.

This senses vehicles, pedestrians and other hazards in front of the car when you're travelling at town speeds and automatically hits the brakes if you fail to do so, reducing the chances (or severity) of a crash.

Not exact matches

You see, most drivers (especially commuters) are on «automatic» and thus may do something stupid (like hitting the accelerator rather than the brake) if they're startled by something unexpected.

If I don't have to hit the brakes, no problem.

But if your heart is set on passing — or if you didn't notice until the last minute that your exit was coming up — just wait until you're in the exit lane before you hit your brakes.

Tesla's Autopilot system uses cameras, radar and computers to detect objects and automatically brake if the car is about to hit something.

If I use the elasticity (price gains with respect to wage growth) from the full sample, the model predicts inflation hitting 2.8 % by the end of 2019; if I limit the sample to the 1980s, when the elasticity was at its highest, prices hit 3.7 % at the end of 2019, before which point the Fed would surely slam on the brakeIf I use the elasticity (price gains with respect to wage growth) from the full sample, the model predicts inflation hitting 2.8 % by the end of 2019; if I limit the sample to the 1980s, when the elasticity was at its highest, prices hit 3.7 % at the end of 2019, before which point the Fed would surely slam on the brakeif I limit the sample to the 1980s, when the elasticity was at its highest, prices hit 3.7 % at the end of 2019, before which point the Fed would surely slam on the brakes.

When we enter the tomb of suffering, we have about as much control over the logistics as when we hit the car brakes on black - ice — and if there's anything human nature craves, it's control.

You see the tree branch on the road, hit the brakes, and it seems like an eternity before you know if you avoided the collision or were too late.

«Where there is queueing, if drivers are not aware of the queue downstream, they don't have enough time to hit the brakes to slow down or stop, thus, increasing the likelihood of a crash.

But when it comes to the really important things — how antilock brakes work, what to do if you hit a patch of wet leaves, how to clean your battery posts — were sadly lacking.

Cortisol is your main stress hormone, and it rises during times of stress to sharpen senses and increase chances of survival (if you were, say, outrunning a tiger or slamming on your brakes to avoid hitting a car in traffic).

For the 2018 LS, the Lexus Safety System + A will emergency brake if the system detects the car is about to hit a pedestrian.

If I wanted to shred some rubber through a little brake torquing, turning off the electronic stability control and then hitting the gas and the brake at the same time, I could have.

I've heard many such noises caused by worn bushings, and missing caliper shims or if you have Drum Brakes in the rear; a loose spring - A loose spring could be loose and during slow rotation you will hear it knock as the spring slaps from one side to the other (front to rear) and the other bracket tries to operate but will not, and the bracket that is working will hit against the tip of the other one as you hit the brakes because both brake brackets are not moving at the same time and one of them is raising off / away from the back plate and slams back down on the plate Brakes in the rear; a loose spring - A loose spring could be loose and during slow rotation you will hear it knock as the spring slaps from one side to the other (front to rear) and the other bracket tries to operate but will not, and the bracket that is working will hit against the tip of the other one as you hit the brakes because both brake brackets are not moving at the same time and one of them is raising off / away from the back plate and slams back down on the plate brakes because both brake brackets are not moving at the same time and one of them is raising off / away from the back plate and slams back down on the plate again.

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Every automatic transmission car I've driven (not sure if all do this) allow you to shift from Reverse to Neutral and from Neutral to Drive (and therefore Reverse all the way to Drive) without pressing the brake or hitting the little shift lock on the gear selector.

This is most pronounced when driving on a bumpy road and braking, especially if the left wheel hits a pothole just before stopping.

A child runs out in front of you - you hit the child at 40 even hitting your brakes... now if you were doing 30 & hitting the child at 20 the child lives... at 40 miles per hour the child dies... And you go to prison.

If you're approaching a yellow light, Snapshot is an incentive to risk running the red rather than hitting the brakes.

If the rear tires are hitting small bumps in the road while braking and the rear shocks are not stopping them from bouncing, then yes, failing shocks / struts could cause your car to fishtail.

First, if the idle drops when you hit the brakes then there is an issue with the brake booster.

The brakes might be worth upgrading if you plan on hitting the track, but they do a good - enough job at stopping the car during regular street use.

A camera mounted at the top of the windshield enabled a pre-collision braking system, which also warned me if it thought I wasn't braking soon enough to avoid hitting cars ahead.

The auto braking, the hill start assist, the blind spot information, trace control, auto parking, The acceleration of the car is hit and miss, whereby if you put the throttle to the floor, the car goes slower with less pull, yet if you pull it back from the floor about an inch, it goes faster (like a sweet spot) which is testing when you need full power to overtake.

This one has $ 22K in options, but a buyer could ditch the carbon ceramic brakes if they were never going to hit the track.

If one is detected and you don't hit the brakes, CMBS applies the brakes hard to avoid the collision or minimize the impact.

This system flashes a warning, and can even slam on the brakes, if you're about to hit something.

There are several systems that contribute to rear - crash prevention, but the three main components being tested here are: backup parking sensors (so you don't hit stuff backing straight), rear cross-traffic alert (so you don't hit stuff coming from the sides when backing up), and rear auto - emergency braking (which saves your ass if you don't pay attention to the previous two).

«If you brake just a little bit late or lock the wheels, you can end up hitting the wall.

The collision mitigation system can not only warn drivers if it deems that the SUV is approaching an obstacle or other vehicle too quickly but it can even hit the brakes, going so far as to bring the Mitsubishi to a complete halt if it was originally traveling at 20 mph or less.

They stop things as if hitting a wall of wet cement, so we were able to late - brake with almost no fading by the final hotter lap.

A rear - facing radar system can snug the seatbelts if a rear collision seems likely, but here the car can't strobe the rear tail lamps to alert the car behind to hit the brakes.

If the system determines that a collision is possible it applies partial braking, warns the driver with an audible tone and activates Pre-Safe to apply max brake force once the driver hits the brakes.

Now, while braking, if the vehicle does not come to a complete stop before gently pressing the acceleration, the vehicle jolts as if it were hit from behind.

And in that latter circumstance, the Fusion Hybrid might have handled everything just fine if I hadn't given in to fear and hit the brakes.

If the driver's foot moves abruptly from the accelerator to the brake pedal before an emergency stop, the brake system increases the pressure in the brake lines and brings the pads into contact with the brake discs so that maximum braking power is available as soon as the driver hits the brake pedal.

Instead, it would have rolled right into a rear - ender if I hadn't hit the brakes.

The 2016 CLA is also equipped with Adaptive braking, which sets the brake pads closer to the discs when you quickly lay off the gas pedal, providing more immediate response if you need to quickly hit the brakes.

One additional late available feature, called Maneuver Braking, sounds useful, as it automatically brakes if you are about to hit something during low - speed driving, such as in a parking lot.

If the driver doesn't hit the brakes, EyeSight will do it for you, applying the brakes automatically - bringing the car to a complete stop if necessarIf the driver doesn't hit the brakes, EyeSight will do it for you, applying the brakes automatically - bringing the car to a complete stop if necessarif necessary.

If you haven't been around a new Grand Cherokee in a while, you will be surprised when you slide behind the wheel... previous versions of the top Jeep took hits for their general lack of refinement, but the Grand Cherokee has rebounded with significant improvements to ride quality with the eight - speed automatic transmission and its smooth, refined shifts, and antilock disc brakes.

If I weren't to react due to distraction, this system would automatically hit the brakes.

Hit a puddle in the road and it's as if someone slammed on the brakes.

If the cameras sense a potential collision, EyeSight will hit the brakes.

If the driver doesn't react to an obstacle, it will automatically hit the brakes.