Sentence examples for road traction from inspiring English sources

The car is mounted on it and hydraulically raised or lowered to change road traction, simulating that terrifying floating feeling that grips a driver whose car has stopped following instructions and taken off on its own.

The long tail may be long, but I think in this case Yokohama wont gain decent road traction.

For instance, all new cars now come equipped with anti-lock braking systems that can respond to sudden changes in road traction more quickly than a human.

Down the road, traction information will help on-board stability systems adjust to slick spots, while communicating a warning to other cars on the same route that an ice patch exists.

Because road traction reductions occur at thicknesses as low as 1 mm, and road markings are obscured at thicknesses as low as 0.5 mm (Blong 1984; Magill et al. 2013; Blake et al. 2016), clean-up operations on roads are often initiated at thicknesses between 0.5 and 1 mm (Hayes et al. 2015).

But my old Cherokee looks like a Fisher-Price Barbie Jammin' Jeep compared with the FJ, which has taller tires, an electric locking rear differential, triple windshield wipers and an off-road traction control system that brakes a slipping wheel to send torque to the opposite side.

A limited-slip differential contributes to off-road traction, while the cabin gets mud- and snow-worthy rubber floormats for keep muck off the carpeting.

He found out that the Idaho dealer, Herb Uhl, was selling the CA100s as a trail bike by adding knobby tires for off-road traction and a "cheater sprocket," that is, increasing the final drive ratio by using a larger rear sprocket with more teeth, which increased the effective torque of the rear wheel, trading off lower top speed as a result.

Some drivers may want more road grip, better mud-and-snow traction or a longer life span for tires.

All Access will have a tough road to traction, considering Spotify's huge head start with 24 million active users and 6 million paying subscribers.

Think of reducing your tyre pressure too: anything from 10 to 20psi lower than usual should offer greater contact with the road and so traction – although you might also be more at risk of a puncture, and fixing a flat in the pouring rain is no fun at all.