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  2. Driving in the snow? What to do if you're stuck in your car ...

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    Top-rated car vacuum: ThisWorx Car Vacuum Cleaner Our favorite ice scraper: Mallory USA Mallory 532 Cool-Force Snowbrush with Ice Scraper The best portable battery pack: Mophie Powerstation Plus

  3. Runaway truck ramp - Wikipedia

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    Problems include sudden, forceful deceleration; sand being affected by weather conditions (moisture and freezing); and vehicles vaulting and/or overturning after contacting the sand pile. Mechanical-arrestor escape ramp : a proprietary system of stainless-steel nets transversely spanning a paved ramp to engage and retard a runaway vehicle.

  4. Sudden unintended acceleration - Wikipedia

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    With modern drive by wire fuel controls, problems are believed to occur exclusively while the vehicle is under way. General Motors cars of the 1950s with automatic transmissions have the R for reverse at the furthest clockwise position in the rotation of the column-mounted shift lever. L for low position is just adjacent as the lever moves one ...

  5. Video captures moment when semi-truck spins out of control on ...

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    Much of Missouri is under a hazardous weather outlook and state authorities have urged the public to avoid driving in icy and snowy conditions. Video captures moment when semi-truck spins out of ...

  6. 11 States That Fine You for Having Snow and Ice on Your Car - AOL

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    The New Jersey news website App.com recently shared an article reminding drivers that it’s illegal to drive with snow or ice on your car, and motorists who fail to remove snow or ice could face ...

  7. Aquaplaning - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of an aquaplaning tire Two vehicles aquaplaning through large puddles on the road's surface. Aquaplaning or hydroplaning by the tires of a road vehicle, aircraft or other wheeled vehicle occurs when a layer of water builds between the wheels of the vehicle and the road surface, leading to a loss of traction that prevents the vehicle from responding to control inputs.

  8. Automobile handling - Wikipedia

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    The rear engined Renault Dauphine earned in Spain the sobriquet of the "widow's car", due to its bad handling. [citation needed] Three-wheeled cars/vehicles have unique handling issues, especially considering whether the single wheel is at the front or back. (Motorcycles with sidecars; another matter.)

  9. World's strangest: The road where cars roll uphill

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    The Electric Brae is a road on which cyclists pedal hard to ride downhill, then rest while coasting uphill. Even a car in neutral will look World's strangest: The road where cars roll uphill