Sentences with phrase «of slippery ice»

But an «unnatural» accumulation of snow or ice, perhaps caused by a snowblower or spilled water that has frozen into a glaze of slippery ice, is another story.

There's also a lot of slippery ice, which can be quite a problem when there are four players who are constantly running into each other anyway.

Not exact matches

Be wary of black ice, which can be difficult to see but makes conditions slippery when pavement temperatures are below freezing;

Getting the robot's legs, each of which featured four joints, to move in a synchronized fashion — not to mention adjust dynamically to slippery surfaces such as ice — proved challenging.

Electronic Stability Control (ESC) helps you keep control of your car when youre driving on slippery roads or doing «extreme steering maneuvers» (curves, ice, sudden braking).

The slippery tub or shower floor, the unexpected ice patch or the quick actions of a young child will be less of a risk for you.

Most of the movie depicts the pair's harrowing and hobbling descent, where they encounter extreme temperatures, hungry wildlife, slippery slopes and thin ice.

One group has a theme of grass and hills, another is fire themed with lava while a third (and most difficult) group is ice themed with slippery surfaces.

That's why it is essential for weather procedures and practices to be established before the winter season arrives — usually during the first term of each school year — and that they take into account all the situations that may arise during this period, such as slippery ice on the school grounds, for example.

And not the kind of ice filling a Collins glass but a wet, slippery sheet that might just hang around all summer, if it likes the weather.

Whether taking the RR SVR to Sweden and sticking it on a «Silverstone» track carved on an ice lake in Arjepog, Sweden, proves the SVR is like no other performance car is debatable (Bentley do it every year with their Continental GTs, and now with the Bentayga SUV too), but it still makes for some good photos and a watchable video as two tonnes of Range Rover play on the slippery stuff.

On a split - mu (split - friction) grade (different amounts of traction at each wheel), VTM - 4 automatically provides sufficient rear - wheel torque to help the vehicle climb steep and slippery terrain such as a steep driveway with patches of snow and ice.

This mode may not be ideal to use when wanting to drive in a sedate manner; nor when road conditions are very slippery, due to ice, snow or torrential rain — because loss of tire traction may be experienced (wheel spin during acceleration, and may also result in road wheel locking during downshifts at high engine rpms under closed throttle).

In a series of tests in mountainous Colorado at the Mazda Ice Academy (photo inset), the Mazda CX - 5 conquered hills and slippery slaloms better than competing SUVs.

It can change the amount of power allowed when driving on ice or other road conditions, as well as the speed of the car, for a next - generation four - wheel - drive system that delivers stable driving on slippery roads and when cornering.

Of course, it is better to avoid walking on slippery surfaces at all, and many cities require property owners to keep their walkways free of snow and icOf course, it is better to avoid walking on slippery surfaces at all, and many cities require property owners to keep their walkways free of snow and icof snow and ice.

Winter is a time of blustering winds, freezing temperatures, snow and slippery ice.

Walking up the muddy wet dirt paths, crossing over the streams of the waterfalls, slippery rocks and fallen treat, the trek took a good 1.5 hours before finally reaching the main fall - a majestic 45 m drop, landing in a shallow pool of ice cold water, perfect for cooling off after the sweaty walk.

It's a journey even Indiana Jones would have to brace himself for: an hour - long rainforest hike, a swim across an ice - cold stream into the narrow mouth of a cave, and then a slippery descent into the dark, cavernous depths where bats, spiders, and ancient scorpion - like amblypygi lurk in the nooks.

The contrast when playing in Summer where waterfalls flow and the sun shines while Toku swims, to playing in Winter where it snows and pools of water turn into slippery impenetrable ice is something we think players will really feel immersed in and enjoy.

Then in the ice world, all of the surfaces are slippery.

The real jewel in the crown in Obliteracers is it's multiplayer, it is definitely geared more to be a party game than a racing game with the full pack of racers being followed at one time, this gives it an arena feel rather than an actual straight up racing game, you still have to try and lead the pack (at times) although that's only to knock other racers out as the main aim is to destroy your enemy, within multiplayer you can customize your game to suit your preferences from turning certain or all weapons off, reversed controls, ice skating which is an extremely slippery track speed boosts etc etc, i'd liked to have listed them all in this review but with so many you'll have to take a look yourself.

Each area theme (ranging from slippery ice plateaus to scrapyards and bejewelled cave systems) spans a fixed number of levels, boss encounters crop up at the same point in the sequence every time, and each layout is home to a certain number of weapon and ammo crates.

Lastly, there are Ice Blocks that are just slippery platforms; these Ice Blocks can be normal (the size of a Brick Block) or giant - sized (two times bigger, like Giant Brick Blocks).

14 different environments such as eerie dungeons, slippery ice wastes, wild jungles and more; Hundreds of craftable weapons, armor and items; More than 150 enemies ranging from zombies to armies of goblins; Epic boss battles that test players» combat skills; Vast worlds of exploration that introduce new potions, magic, gear and more.

The Super Mario All - Stars versions of Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels would retroactively decorate some levels with fallen snow, but this world came several years beforehand, and introduced a hazard that would not be found in its remade predecessors: The slippery ice surface, which made getting solid footing extra-treacherous.

But in Super Mario Bros. 2, new elements were added: Ice levels with slippery terrain, deserts ready to swallow you up with quicksand, and caves full of rocky barricades to tunnel through.

An interesting level in the successful sequel to the monumental Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Modern Warfare 2's Cliffhanger sees you enter an enemy base by scaling a slippery, icy cliff side, using ice hooks and while you avoid falling.

Some of the later areas, especially the inundated temple (where you have to freeze enemies and leap atop and from their frozen forms to proceed from one water - enclosed slab of stone to the next) and the ice cavern (with its slippery surfaces and tricky platforming), pose extreme challenges; you'll feel great when you finally get through them.

For example ice - crystals become visible on the surface of the road when it's cold and slippery.

With the IPCC previously «taking a pass», in its assessment of Greenland's contribution to sea - level rise - due to poor understanding of how ice sheets would respond to global warming back in 2007 - this new paper is an important first stab at pinning down the slippery mechanisms of «ice sheet dynamics».

As education in the US Public Schools has more and more become UN GREEN indoctrination, the santicmony of our 20 - something academic generation is on a slippery slope (not caused by melting ice caps) to the destruction of our nation.

The stable design and wide tires did well on ice roads and the snirt (for you sun - belters, that's a slippery mixture of snow and dirt), and the pedal - assist certainly came in handy when plowing through small drifts of snow.

The steady growth of LPO has Gabe Acevedo fed up, and his guest post at Above The Law sounds a grim warning: «the practice of discovery in American law is not just on a slippery slope, it's careening down a steep mountain covered in ten feet of solid ice.

Grocery stores see a disproportionately high number of slip and fall accidents due to their business; the shelves that line their aisles are necessarily filled with goods that can make their floors very slippery; from beverages to condiments to produce to seafood and many other products; these, and the ice and water used to keep them cool and fresh, can cause somebody to slip and fall.

On this week's Lawyer2Lawyer podcast, we interview two lawyers who are experts in the slippery issues of liability for snow and ice:

A dangerous condition can take many forms, such as a rotten plank on a walkway, a loose handrail, slippery floors, or ice in front of a doorway.