Sentences with phrase «on slippery pavement»

Anti-lock brakes are electronically programmed to keep the wheels from locking so a car won't skid during panic stops - even on slippery pavement.

Traction control - a computerized device that prevents tires from spinning on slippery pavement - is optional, but the test car did not have it.

It helps you get moving in a straight line on slippery pavement, just like anti-lock brakes help you stop in a straight line on slippery surfaces.

Traction control, a device that prevents the tires from spinning on slippery pavement, will be standard on all Sunfires with the 2.3 - liter engine.

Designed primarily to prevent loss of steering control or «fishtailing» in stops on slippery pavement, anti-lock brakes operate on the same principle as a driver «pumping» the brakes.

(The molded rubber soles also prevent major wipeouts on the slippery pavement.)

Weather like this makes everyone hurry; scurrying past on slippery pavements with chins buried into collars.

Not exact matches

The bottoms have traction too and aren't slippery when walking on floors or pavement.

On the slippery ICAR course, the 2015 Dodge Charger drives almost as if we're on dry pavemenOn the slippery ICAR course, the 2015 Dodge Charger drives almost as if we're on dry pavemenon dry pavement.

If this little blue hatch can survive a hardcore rally in the snow and a slippery ice - racing course on a frozen lake, then a simple autocross on warm pavement should be no sweat, right?

Helps ensure the vehicle will be sure - footed on the road in a variety of conditions, such as fast cornering, uneven pavement, potholes, slippery surfaces and anything that compromises traction

The first is when a driver accelerates or brakes on a split - mu surface (slippery on one side, dry pavement on the other) and the vehicle wants to pull in one direction.

It also proved again that a vehicle that handles really well on dry pavement has a built - in edge when the going gets slippery — provided the driver can feed the power to the ground smoothly.

Anyone who drives frequently on wet or slippery pavement would be well - advised to consider the all - wheel - drive version.

Lisbon's famous artistic stone pavements, known as calçada portuguesa, are easy on the eyes but can be dangerously slippery — make sure your shoes have gripping soles and save the high heels for Paris and Milan.