Sentences with phrase «slam on»

Next we exploring stopping distances and threshold braking, ensuring that the participant understands just how far their car will travel at various speeds, even when they «slam on the brakes».

If you hit a patch of ice, keep the wheel straight and do not slam on the brakes or hit the accelerator.

When you suddenly slam on the brake while you are sliding on the road, the car may suddenly turn and take a strong opposite reaction to the movement, which may turn the car upside - down.

Slam on your brakes, swerve into traffic or climb the highest grade hill — all without spilling a single drop of your tall latte with this magic gadget.

You hear a loud noise, your windshield is cracked, and you slam on the brakes.

It is not so; it is a grave mistake to just slam on the brake for the sudden stop.

You never know when the car in front of you may begin to skid, slam on their brakes, or stop, and being any closer than this, you'll require a fast brake causing you to lose control and risk going into their car or all over the road.

The car in front might have to slam on its brakes suddenly, which leaves absolutely no time for the car in back to react to the situation.

DO NOT SLAM ON THE BRAKES!

If someone is in a bad mood or drunk or depressed, or all three, they may take your tailgating as a sign of aggression, and slam on the brakes, causing an collision, or an altercation.

When you are in traffic there is always the person who will accelerate extremely fast and then slam on their brakes repeatedly instead of just driving smoothly ahead.

If you have anti lock brakes installed, then you can slam on it and hold to it until the car completely stops.

Consider a situation where someone is so excited to get a package that he lets the door accidentally slam on the driver's hand.

You slam on your brakes but are unable to avoid colliding with the deer.

The discounts are based on how many miles are traveled, how fast the driver accelerates, whether they slam on the brakes, and what time of day they drive.

On Brake Slammer comment kindly see my blog response of October 20, 2010 Under «Thoughts on Personal Injury Practice» which is titled» I can slam on my brakes and sue you.»

You're using along whilst, without caution, the entire cars in advance of you slam on their breaks and also you're following nearer to a car than you understand you should.

The last thing you want to do is slam on your brakes.

Gallegos stated he believes part of the problem is drivers who reach excessive speeds and then slam on their brakes or try to force merge into remaining traffic lanes.

• Know how to regain control of your vehicle: should you hit a slippery area and lose control of your vehicle, you may be tempted to slam on the breaks.

We actually need to slam on the breaks and stop!

Clouds slam on the brakes.)

A discarded soda can on the road, with its concave bottom facing towards you can appear to be a large and dangerous obstacle, but you would definitely not want to slam on the brakes to avoid it.

There are some good points brought out in this critique, but overall I didn't find the book to be a slam on global warming science was much as it was a slam on exaggerations and overstatements based on that science.

We have already consumed our factor of safety — it is time to slam on the brakes.

You might be driving down the road when you have to suddenly slam on the brakes because a pig that is on fire being chased by a bear just ran across the road, or you might be holding off incoming enemies atop a church when a patrolling plane decides to strafe you.

X is your basic attack, and B and Y unleash the recharging special attack for the particular weapon you have equipped, for instance with a Hammer «B» does a massive ground pound attack, hitting everything in the vicinity, while Y initiates a charging slam on a single target for increased damage.

«Never slam on your brakes unless you want to superman over the front of your handlebars».

How many times do you get to win a Grand Slam on a vacation?

I watched her nod and hang up the phone and I willed the driver to immediately slam on the brakes.

With too many stories to tell, we hitchhiked to the paradise port city of Valparaiso, then Santiago, and then all the way over to Buenos Aires where we would slam on the brakes and fly through the windshield.

They'll take a few steps on - leash and then will suddenly slam on the brakes and stand still like a statue.

A too large crate can be dangerous since it gives your dog more room to be thrown around in case of an accident or if you have to slam on the brakes.

You never know when some other driver will cause you to slam on your brakes, or make a sudden swerve to avoid an accident.

Most of us have experienced that moment of sheer panic when you slam on the brakes and feel your car sliding inexorably towards the object you are desperately trying to avoid.

But the new 2008 Lexus LS 600hl, a hybrid due out this fall, will monitor you with cameras to see if you are watching the road, then slam on the brakes if you're not paying attention and are going to hit something.

If you slam on the brakes at stop signs or rev the engine every time you start up, those bad habits could be costing you fuel mileage.

And if your part - time income has really fallen sharply over the last couple of years, lenders might slam on the brakes entirely.

I wouldn't be surprised if some of the traditionally published authors saw the speech as a slam on traditional publishing.

And you have to provide quality products — you can't just slam it on the keyboard and toss it up on line and expect to have readers swooning at your feet.

Causing him to drop a few more F bombs and slam on the breaks.

Most of us would be thrilled with $ 100K, so some authors are definitely succeeding in their digital - first hybrid path, and this shouldn't be taken as a slam on epublishing in total.

That's not meant as a slam on anyone who's just getting started in this self - publishing game.

Also, I have had to replace the rear rotors about 9 times now, and it gets very expensive and is actually scary when you feel your car vibrate like crazy when you slam on your brakes in emergencies.

The lift gate would start to lift and I would let off the brake and it would think the gate is a car and then slam on the brakes for me.

Swerving around them is not an option: all you can do is slam on the brakes — hard.

I had to slam on my brakes!

I got into a bit of a traffic snag where I had to slam on the breaks etc, it handled far better than I expected it would.

Don't slam on the brakes, or your vehicle may slide out of control.

The gas mileage is 25 % lower than advertised, the doors slam on my legs constantly (as a result, I never let my kid climb in or out without me holding the door open).