Sentences with phrase «suddenly hitting the brakes»

Are billionaires like Eli Broad suddenly hitting the brakes on ed reform because they care about pubic school budgets, or are they just upset that vouchers and religious school tax credits will be horning in on the lucrative charter school racket?

Not only can debris, low hanging branches and accidents cause serious injury, but a dog may be thrown into traffic if the driver suddenly hits the brakes, swerves, or is hit by another car.

Not only can flying debris cause serious injury, but a dog may be unintentionally thrown into traffic if the driver suddenly hits the brakes, swerves or is hit by another car.

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When we were on a high speed blast and suddenly hit a go slow zone, the GT's brakes — the biggest iron units ever fitted to a Bentley at roughly 16.5 - inches in front with 10 - piston calipers clamping down on them — hauled it down with authority and without a bunch of clutch and grab in the process.

Ms. Herzberg appeared suddenly, proverbially out of nowhere, and there is no indication from the video or photos released of the accident, which includes a video from a camera on Uber safety driver Rafael Vasquez's face, that there were any other obstacles that the Volvo might have hit had it swerved, or braked, suddenly.

Brake assist applies extra force to your braking system when they're hit suddenly due to a road emergency.

Anti-lock brakes allow a driver to hit the car brakes hard, to stop suddenly in an emergency, without locking the car's wheels.

If you hit the brake pedal suddenly, the system immediately applies maximum available power boost.

If your truck hits a bump or swerves to avoid an obstacle or if you step on the brakes suddenly, a dog riding in the truck bed can easily be thrown on to the road.

If you miss the green and hit the red cross, your car will brake suddenly, leading to lost time and an inventible finish further down the leader board.

Many times truck drivers have to brake suddenly in order to avoid hitting a pedestrian or a stalled car, thus causing a jackknifing accident.

If traffic stops suddenly, these drivers often have no time to hit the brakes before colliding with the car ahead of them.

For example, if an elderly person has weak joints and has trouble hitting the brakes hard enough, and someone in front of him stops suddenly, requiring an immediate response for the elderly person, the elderly person might breach his duty by failing to hit the brakes quickly enough.

Some scenarios in which this may be the case include the driver making a sudden, unnecessary stop in the middle of the highway; the driver's brake lights malfunctioning; or the rear - ended driver reversing suddenly and hitting the car behind.

Another recent development has seen crashes being caused deliberately by a driver «slamming» on their brakes so that the driver behind hits them, this is usually carried out at roundabout junctions, when the following driver is looking to the right for oncoming traffic and does not notice that the vehicle in front has suddenly stopped for no reason.