Sentences with phrase «slippery pavement»

Traction control prevents the tires from losing grip on slippery pavement when the vehicle is accelerating.

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

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

Torque steer is quite apparent, particularly on poor all - season tires on slippery pavement.

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

The tires grabbed the slippery pavement assuredly.

Unlike the Ford Explorer's, Grand Cherokee's rear wheels stay firmly planted on slippery pavement.

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.

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.

Boots might provide better grip on cold, slippery pavement, but they're incredibly impractical once summer rolls around.

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.

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, which helps keep the front tires from spinning on dirt roads or slippery pavement, kicks in seamlessly.

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

If you're going in winter take extra warm clothes and waterproof insulated boots for the slippery pavements.