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  • Handling explained

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    Car handling explained Automobile handling and vehicle handling are descriptions of the way wheeled vehicles perform transverse to their direction of motion, particularly during ...

  • Heel-and-toe technique

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    Heel-and-toe technique explained Heel-and-toe is a driving technique used mostly in performance driving,although some drivers use it on the road in everyday conditions in the ...

  • J-turn reverse 180

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    J-turn reversing vehicle 180° explained A J-turn is a driving maneuver used to spin a reversing vehicle 180°, to drive forward in the same direction. The J-turn is also called ...

  • Lateral force variation

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    Lateral force variation explained Tires provide for steering, traction, braking, and load support by transmitting forces between the vehicle and the road. Lateral force variation ...

  • Left-foot braking explained

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    Car Left-foot braking explained Left-foot braking is the technique of using the left foot to operate the brake pedal in an automobile, leaving the right foot dedicated to the ...

  • Motion ratio explained

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    Motion ratio explained The motion ratio of a mechanism is the ratio of the displacement of the point of interest to that of another point. The most common example is in a ...

  • Road surfaces

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    Car Road surfaces explained Road surface is the durable surface material laid down on an area intended to sustain vehicular or foot traffic, such as a road or walkway. In the ...

  • Self aligning torque

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    Self aligning torque

    Car Self aligning torque explained Self aligning torque, also known as aligning torque, SAT, or Mz, is the torque that a tire creates as it rolls along, which tends to steer it, ...

  • Skid resistance Road slipperiness

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    Skid resistance Road slipperiness

    Car Skid resistance Road slipperiness explained Road slipperiness or skid resistance is the technical term for the cumulative effects of snow, ice, water, loose material and the ...

  • Slip angle explained

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    Slip angle explained

    Car Slip angle explained In vehicle dynamics, slip angle or sideslip angle is the angle between a rolling wheel's actual direction of travel and the direction towards which it is ...

  • Slip ratio explained

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    Car Slip ratio explained Slip ratio is a means of calculating and expressing the locking status of a wheel and is vital to the effectiveness of any anti-lock braking system. When ...

  • Slipstream (Drafting )

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    Car Slipstream Explained A slipstream is a region behind a moving object in which a wake of fluid (typically air or water) is moving at velocities comparable to the moving object ...

  • Sprung mass explained

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    Sprung mass explained In a vehicle with a suspension, such as an automobile, motorcycle or a tank, sprung mass (or sprung weight) is the portion of the vehicle's total mass that ...

  • Unsprung weight (mass) explained

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    Unsprung weight (mass) explained

    Car Unsprung weight (mass) explained In a ground vehicle with a suspension, the unsprung weight (or the unsprung mass) is the mass of the suspension, wheels or tracks (as ...