Sentences with phrase «wet road surfaces»

Traction is also improved when driving on loose and wet road surfaces and in turning situations.

Tread depth is one of the key components for safe driving, especially on wet road surfaces.

However, their perspective is different than most: they consider the risk of an accident due to a slippery and wet road surface as something that the driver should somehow have overcome.

The first thing to realize is that a wet road surface requires a greater stopping distance; consequently you must either reduce your speed, increase the distance between the vehicle in front, or both depending on the circumstances.

Not exact matches

As for the wet - weather, well, I'd guess you know how wet roads make for slick surfaces.

Because all of them will have done a rain dance, hoping for the RS3's preferred road conditions - a wet, greasy surface, puddles, and other challenges that turn the car from massively grippy, locked - down and pretty undramatic into something a little more exuberant.

Saab conducted a wet - track road - course exercise to demonstrate how the Turbo X's trick Haldex all - wheel - drive system allowed it to outgun rival performance cars on slick surfaces.

Especially through tight corners, on bumpy roads, and on wet surfaces, the steering and the front wheels constantly struggle for control.

That lack of drama manifests itself as reassurance on wet roads and poor surfaces, allowing you to press on where others might encourage you to bleed off pace.

However, having now driven the car the UK on a mix of drenched wet roads and cold dry surfaces the GTS once more demonstrated why the Boxster remains unmatched for dynamic prowess.

The road surface is wet and there are evil - looking stone walls flashing past my left shoulder.

In interaction with Porsche Stability Management (PSM), the system provides better traction and greater driving stability not least on road surfaces with varying grip as well as in the wet and snow.

«Heading up into the hills, the roads are wet and the surface cratered with poor repairs — not a place you'd normally want to be in a 562bhp Ferrari — but the 458 is about as tame as this type of vehicle can be under such circumstances.

Stability is also improved on road surfaces with varying grip as well as in the wet and snow.

When accelerating or starting under slippery conditions, such as when the road surface is wet, TRC engages to improve the ability of a vehicle's wheels to grip the road surface.

The use of Goodyear's Active Braking Technology in the Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 ensures that when braking the contact surface between the tyre and road increases - greatly enhancing the braking performance and delivery short braking distances on both wet and dry road surfaces.

The PSM control system is mostly used when driving on wet or low - grip road surfaces.

It's a very good system, seamless in operation and adept on both wet and dry bitumen surfaces, dirt roads and even on a mild offroad track.

Though anti-lock brakes are the best safety system on the road to ensure stopping on slick or wet surfaces, we found that under normal braking conditions on dry roads there was too much play in the brake pedal for our liking.

SPECIALIST TECHNOLOGY ENHANCES ALL - TERRAIN CREDENTIALS Peerless all - terrain capability is a cornerstone of the Range Rover family and the new 2017 model year Range Rover adds a pair of new technologies designed to reinforce its off - road credentials: Low Traction Launch is a manually selectable driving mode designed to assist drivers when pulling away from a standstill on slippery surfaces such as wet grass, snow or ice2.

There are some new technical features, including a «dry - braking function»: In wet weather, the brakes engage very slightly at intervals to «wipe away the slight water film that potentially can form on discs when the road surface is wet,» VW says.

S - AWC offers three operating modes — TARMAC for dry, paved surfaces; GRAVEL for wet or unmade surfaces, and SNOW for snow covered surfaces — allowing the driver to select the mode best suited to current road surface conditions and realize greater stability.

This system makes it easier to smoothly maintain the desired line on winding roads and on wet surfaces.

Continental is developing a new system called Road Condition Observer that uses vehicle sensors and cloud data to classify a road surface as dry, wet, covered with snow or icy and to assess the grip of the road surfRoad Condition Observer that uses vehicle sensors and cloud data to classify a road surface as dry, wet, covered with snow or icy and to assess the grip of the road surfroad surface as dry, wet, covered with snow or icy and to assess the grip of the road surfroad surface.

On wet or slippery surfaces, the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica claws the road with all - speed traction.

While the Rain mode provides more traction providing gentle throttle response for wet surfaces, the Road mode optimises the throttle for dry stretches.

GT Sport cars seem to just glide along the road while the other 3 were effected by road surfaces etc - and then came the wet weather comparison.

As for the wet - weather, well, I'd guess you know how wet roads make for slick surfaces.

Setup tweaks and suspension fix for BMW M3 E30 Tracks: * Milan: Fixed road and terrain geometry, and collisions, improved gravels, added wet surfaces for concrete and kerbs, merged latest assets * Azure Circuit: Added sainte devote twall, fixed csm, merged in latest assets from JanP, updated sel sets * Azure Circuit: Added some more road marking, fixed sainte devote area / barriers, deleted / rescaled old wrong stuff, fixed csm, replaced trees / bushes * Azure Circuit: New textures Vehicles: * BMW M3 GT2: Alpha2 driver animations * BMW M1: Disabled damage vector for pop up headlights * BMW M3 E30: Fixed windscreen textures

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Prior to an extreme heatwave, it may be possible to reduce temperatures by wetting down building and road surfaces.

Riding a motorcycle is an exhilarating experience, until you hit the first obstacle — a piece of debris, an uneven road surfaces, a small object or a strip of wet pavement.

Another common cause of motorcycle accidents throughout the state of California is road hazards — debris, uneven road surfaces, small objects, cracks, potholes, wet leaves and wet pavement.

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.

Also, be alert for road surface hazards such as loose gravel, wet pavement depressions, glass and other sharp debris, raised surfaces, and holes.

Make sure that your car tyres have the right air pressure because overinflating tyres reduces the area of contact with the road, resulting in loss of rolling friction on wet surfaces.

Following motorcyclists on wet or icy roads, on metal surfaces (e.g., bridge gratings, railroad tracks, etc.), and on gravel.