When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Highway hypnosis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_hypnosis

    Since one of the causes of highway hypnosis is sensory deprivation (monotonous, uninteresting scenery), it can be useful to place bright and unusual decorative objects along the highway. [ 4 ] Highway hypnosis is often a precursor to falling asleep at the wheel, so at the first signs of drowsiness, the driver is advised to stop the car and rest ...

  3. Lift-off oversteer - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift-off_oversteer

    Lift-off oversteer (also known as trailing-throttle oversteer, throttle off oversteer, or lift-throttle oversteer) is a form of sudden oversteer.While cornering, a driver who closes the throttle (by lifting a foot off the accelerator, hence the name), usually at a high speed, can cause such sudden deceleration that the vertical load on the tires shifts from rear to front, in a process called ...

  4. Sudden unintended acceleration - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_unintended_acceleration

    In One-pedal driving mode, the driver can accelerate and reverse the car without applying the brakes. The local regulator in China suggested Tesla change the one-pedal driving mode logic and use creep mode as the default behavior.

  5. Traffic calming - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_calming

    Traffic engineers refer to three "E's" when discussing traffic calming: engineering, (community) education, and (police) enforcement.Because neighborhood traffic management studies have shown that residents often contribute to the perceived speeding problem within their neighborhoods, instructions on traffic calming (for example in Hass-Klau et al., 1992 [4]) stress that the most effective ...

  6. Distracted driving: Why staying safe means staying focused - AOL

    www.aol.com/finance/distracted-driving-why...

    If being distracted causes you to deviate from safe driving patterns, you can be pulled over and fined. If the distracted driving was the result of being under the influence, you may be charged ...

  7. Snowmelt causes dangerous driving conditions with fog and ...

    www.aol.com/snowmelt-causes-dangerous-driving...

    If people are driving too fast and not maintaining enough distance from the cars in front of them, then there is a possibility of the car sliding and leading to an accident when you need to stop ...

  8. Washboarding - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboarding

    Washboarding effect on a road. Washboarding or corrugation [1] is the formation of periodic, transverse ripples in the surface of gravel and dirt roads.Washboarding occurs in dry, granular road material [2] with repeated traffic, traveling at speeds above 8.0 kilometres per hour (5 mph). [3]

  9. That ‘nice’ gesture while driving? It is illegal and here’s ...

    www.aol.com/news/nice-gesture-while-driving...

    I’m a big fan of being kind while driving. And the kindest thing you can do is to follow the law. With that in mind, let’s work through the violations one at a time.