Sentences with phrase «other slippery surfaces»

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On the other hand, if you need a tub for a toddler, the interior surface shouldn't be slippery.

Steven Kutcher, spider wrangler on the film Arachnophobia, says a dusting of talcum powder or a spritz of Lemon Pledge makes a tabletop or other flat surface too slippery for the critters to get any 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.

This ensures that a wheel provides shorter stopping distances and optimal braking force on all surfaces, especially on roads where one side is slipperier than the other.

This then causes the excessively toed rear wheels to fight each other until one loses grip completely, usually on slippery road surfaces, and the rear is swung out by the other.

With the new all - wheel - drive system, the driver has control over any type of surface including snow and other slippery conditions.

VSM works when the driver brakes on a split - mu surface (slippery on one side, dry on the other) and the vehicle wants to pull in one direction.

Those dimensions make the Velar a slippery Range Rover, and the lack of contours and angles on the surface accentuates it, with flowing lines down the flanks, complete with recessed handles, lights which flow across the tailgate and a grill, lights and bumper which flow seamlessly in to each other at the front.

Other dogs are frightened of the surface that they must be in / on, as the surface can get slippery and this causes anxiety in some dogs.

So whilst you get similar amenities you also get lots of cheap tiled surfaces; shiny slippery floors, and no views — other than the Emerald Cove and Dewa — from almost all the rooms.

Should one wheel detect a slippery surface and take appropriate anti-skid actions, the other wheels are aware of this instantly and adopt an appropriate compensating strategy to keep the vehicle as stable as possible.

Traumatic brain injuries from striking one's head against the board, railing or another surface either due to a slippery diving board, an unexpected fall, a dive into water that is too shallow, or other similar situation;

Roads can be made more slippery after rains by leaves, antifreeze or oil, and crosswalk lines or other painted surfaces can become slick as well.

Did you fall because of a wet or slippery surface, obstructed walkway, loose railing or other dangerous property condition?

Their inability to come to stop quickly is often a leading factor of many truck crashes especially when other motorists are driving erratically or the trucker is negotiating slippery, wet or icy road surface conditions.Faulty truck brakes and defective tires cause many accident fatalities as does fatigue by truck drivers hurrying to deliver their load on schedule.

Slip and fall injuries can result from such problems as water, rain, ice, snow, grease or other slippery substance on a walking surface, as well as abrupt changes in flooring, poor lighting, or a hidden hazard, such as a gap or a hard - to - see hole in the ground.

Slipping and falling while you're out in public, such as if you walk on a slippery surface while you're in a grocery store or some other type of business, can be incredibly embarrassing.

Such conditions that might cause harm to a person can include any defective construction, improper maintenance, slippery surfaces caused by oil, water, snow or ice, or any other objects or obstructions that might cause a person to slip, trip, or fall, or that might hit and injure a person.