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  2. Skid mark - Wikipedia

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    Skid marks are divided into "acceleration marks" created on acceleration, if the engine provides more power than the tire can transmit; "braking marks", if the brakes "lock up" and cause the tire to slide; or "yaw marks", if the tire slides sideways. Each skid mark has a characteristic appearance, and an experienced accident reconstructor or ...

  3. Skid (automobile) - Wikipedia

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    An automobile skid is an automobile handling condition where one or more tires are slipping relative to the road, and the overall handling of the vehicle has been affected. Subtypes of skid include: fishtailing, where the vehicle yaws back and forth across the direction of motion. spin or spinout where a vehicle rotates in one direction during ...

  4. Yaw (rotation) - Wikipedia

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    A yaw rotation is a movement around the yaw axis of a rigid body that changes the direction it is pointing, to the left or right of its direction of motion. The yaw rate or yaw velocity of a car, aircraft, projectile or other rigid body is the angular velocity of this rotation, or rate of change of the heading angle when the aircraft is ...

  5. Road surface marking - Wikipedia

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    Road markings in Indonesia are almost similar to markings in Europe and especially in the Netherlands. Markings are divided into four types, they are: Line marking, marks that are parallel to the axis of the road. Cross marking, mark that is crosswise to the axis of the road, such as at a stop line at a Zebra cross or at an intersection

  6. Doughnut (driving) - Wikipedia

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    When performed in the snow, it is more often done to have fun than it is to make an earnest attempt at creating the circular skid mark pattern. [citation needed] In Australia, doughnuts performed in dust or mud are colloquially referred to as "circle work". Performing the doughnut maneuver can be hazardous.

  7. Raised pavement marker - Wikipedia

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    Side view of a glass road stud. Glass road studs have a very special shape: the upper half is a dome shape, and the lower half is a base covered with a reflective layer. They come in a variety of colors and sizes to meet the requirements of different applications. Currently they are widely adopted in Taiwan. [citation needed]

  8. Walking This Way Delivers A Similar Burn To Running—Without ...

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    David Madison - Getty Images. ... Race walking competitions occur at all levels and distances, both on the track and the road. “The races pretty much go the way running races do. The only ...

  9. Cat's eye (road) - Wikipedia

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    In the biopic Ferrari (2023) a damaged metal cat's eye is portrayed as causing a fatal accident in the 1957 Mille Miglia road race. At the village of Guidizzolo while travelling along a straight road at 150 mph (240 km/h) a worn left front tyre on the Ferrari 335 S driven by Alfonso de Portago is depicted as being sliced open by a damaged cat's ...