Sentences with phrase «hitting the brakes in»

Can't really hit the brakes in time.

The department says the regulations will help prevent accidents such as heavy trucks jackknifing after hitting the brakes in wet conditions.

After you finish writing your ebook, you are anxious to share it with the world and the process can prove frustrating when you are forced to hit the brakes in order to first create a viable marketing strategy.

The driver reportedly attempted to hit the brakes in his Ford F - 150, and a Brockton police sergeant followed up by stating that the driver appeared to have instead pressed the accelerator.

Not exact matches

You have to hit the brakes, and accelerate the person in front of you.

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.

Foreign investors hit the brakes last December, shortly after the Harper government approved the Nexen and Progress deals and the prime minister warned that future takeovers in the oilsands by state - owned enterprises (SOEs) would be approved on only an exceptional basis.

Several car companies have developed systems that detect pedestrians and automatically brake to avoid hitting them and, embarrassing PR glitches aside, Volvo's «city safety» feature represents the market leader in this area.

Analysts say markets are worried that Summers, who has said little about monetary policy but has sounded a skeptical note in the past about the impact of some of the Fed's efforts, might hit the brakes faster.

Mr. Speaker, while other partner countries in the joint strike fighter project are hitting the brakes because of costs rising from $ 50 million to $ 92 million per plane, the Conservative government is going full throttle and is planning to stick Canadians with the bill.

So with Analogy at the forefront of my meagre brainbox, I set off behind the wheel of my saucepan... gentle acceleration at acceleration point A1, into the Attack Position, make a swift, smooth overtake past the tin of beans, cadence brake before I hit the fridge, watching out for the gravel er... spilt sugar... A three - poin - turn in front of the washing machine and slide gently into the kerb (curb) alongside Number three burner of the cooker.

Not knowing what else to do, the 21 - year - old Pitt freshman hit the brakes, waited for the field to pass and then gunned past the best half - milers in the world.

Vettel hit the back of Hamilton believing the Mercedes driver brake checked him and then seemingly turned into his title rival after pulling alongside him to wave his hand in frustration.

Thankfully he noticed and hit the brakes just in time.

His lead in the standings is now just three points after he admitted to simply coming out of the Watkins Glen pit lane too quickly, hit the brakes, locked up and slipped off on cold tyres.

The brake button on the Phil and Ted Vibe is located in the center of the handle and this can be a problem when using one hand to push the stroller as you can inadvertently hit the brake button and lock the wheels.

A proposed retail and entertainment complex next to the arena is tied up in litigation, and county officials hit the brakes on a 25 - acre biotech park after Northwell Health abandoned plans for a $ 350 million Center for Bioelectronic Medicine, citing the cost.

Lightweight solar sails could bring spacecraft to the nearest star in just 20 years — but hitting the brakes will be challenging.

In driving - simulation and closed - course studies, people on marijuana are slower to hit the brakes and worse at safely changing lanes.

Although NCI's budget rose 81 % during the 5 - year NIH doubling that ended in 2003, the brakes hit hard in 2004, translating into a slight $ 2.7 million cut in NCI's operating budget after paying grants, salary raises, and contributions to trans - NIH activities.

So although Lynx1 and other molecules cut off our critical period by hitting the brakes on plasticity, they also help lock in knowledge for the long term.

OK, hit the brakes and hold onto your pipettes: There's no harm in being ambitious, but you have to first plan, equip, organize and build your research home, and that takes good judgement and skill.

In one of the scenarios Honda is testing, the first car traveling in a group of three slams on the brakes to avoid hitting an animal, which sends an immediate warning to the following vehicles and sends a picture of the situation to their dashboardIn one of the scenarios Honda is testing, the first car traveling in a group of three slams on the brakes to avoid hitting an animal, which sends an immediate warning to the following vehicles and sends a picture of the situation to their dashboardin a group of three slams on the brakes to avoid hitting an animal, which sends an immediate warning to the following vehicles and sends a picture of the situation to their dashboards.

As poignantly noted in RealClimate in 2009 («Hit the Brakes Hard», the time is late, and even more so now.

With «1 - in - 150» of humanity affected by flooding in just one recent month (and not counting the later impact of Hurricane Maria), the matter before us really is how hard can we hit the brakes and how fast politically can we hit them.

While we do need cortisol in our bodies and our lives — say, to help us hit the car brakes before slamming into a tree — our modern lifestyles prompt us to pump out way too much of this steroid hormone.

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).

She has an eye for landscape, a love of light — relish the infernal glare of the dust whenever a driver here hits the brakes at night — and an all - too - rare mastery of geography in an action scene.

When Josh slams on the brakes to avoid hitting a dog along a two - lane highway in the country, his car is rear - ended by Lorraine (Marianne Jean - Baptiste), a cellist en route to a gig.

Though she was already writing a dissertation proposal about leadership in fine arts departments, questions about arts and MOOCs lingered in her mind until Britt - Elmore hit the brakes.

These are whiplash - inducing times for public schools in New York, as state education leaders keep hitting the brakes on the very reforms they had aggressively...

Are billionaires like Eli Broad suddenly hitting the brakes on ed reform because they care about pubic school budgets, or are they just upset that vouchers and religious school tax credits will be horning in on the lucrative charter school racket?

The automaker says that drivers may get confused and accidentally leave their vehicles in gear and could get hit by it should they get out and the parking brake is disengaged.

Not sure on your particular vehicle, but most auto - adjusting drum brakes work when applying the foot brake (not parking brake) while the vehicle is in reverse, so whenever you back out of a parking space and hit the foot brake, the brakes adjust.

You certainly have to use a tie - down strap for heavy items, or you wouldn't want to be in the front seats when the driver hits the brakes hard.

My foot hit the pedal in a preliminary, Are you still there, Brakes?

The forces that it exerts on you under acceleration, or when you hit the huge carbon brakes (they still need more progression, but they're much better than in the Gallardo) or when you lean on the Pirelli P Zero Corsas are massive and intimidating.

When we were on a high speed blast and suddenly hit a go slow zone, the GT's brakes — the biggest iron units ever fitted to a Bentley at roughly 16.5 - inches in front with 10 - piston calipers clamping down on them — hauled it down with authority and without a bunch of clutch and grab in the process.

I stupidly accelerated very fast and hit the brakes very hard in a short amount of time.

Despite the incredibly unforgiving ride, the Viper points its nose in the air when you unleash the V10, nosedives when you hit the superb brakes and rolls a lot more than you anticipate through corners.

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.

We're rushing headlong toward a 180 - degree second - gear corner in a Subaru WRX STI rally car when I drop down the gears and hit the brake pedal.

You know you're traveling quickly when you hit the brakes prior to the first, tight right - hander and the inside tire squeals as the ABS kicks in.

Luckily I never crapped on anyone but c'm on... it seems ridiculous but that is one that could really kill you when you hit the rear brake on a panic stop and that rear wheel is covered in oil and starts to come around on you... exhale.

The first, Niklas hit the brakes too early, hitting 0 -396-kph-0 in just 33.13 seconds.

«Tweren't nothing or nobody going to stop me from making my appointed rounds in the motley procession of deathmobiles my pals and I rode around in, back when drum brakes, eight - track players, and leaded gas were as much a part of everyday life as platform shoes, fringe vests, and the radio hits of the Electric Light Orchestra.

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.

Lap three and I once again approach Abbey corner in sixth gear and hit the brakes at the same point I did on the previous lap, only this time the car doesn't slow.

This car lasted for over 132,000 miles over 4.5 year when the guy in front of me slammed on his brakes causing me to hit him, and causing me to be hit from behind.

The drivers had the feeling the car with AHK did not allow them to exactly hit the brake and acceleration points they were used to and complained they could not hit the proper racing line and apex in curves.