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Re: [Phys-l] car skidding and spinning



John Denker offerred:

-- If the front wheels let go, the car spins to the outside
of the turn ("understeer").
-- If the real wheels let go, the care spins to the inside
of the turn ("oversteer").

The rear-wheel skid is much more dangerous than the front-wheel
skid, so you want to do everything in your power to avoid it.

My aging brain is missing something.
Why is turning INTO the turn always more dangerous?

Bob Sciamanda
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (Em)
treborsci@verizon.net
http://mysite.verizon.net/res12merh/