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Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 04:15:00 +0000
From: "LaMontagne, Bob"<RLAMONT@providence.edu>
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] car skidding and spinning
To: Forum for Physics Educators<phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
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If you turn into the skid you decrease the friction on the front end of the car because the wheel can roll instead of skid. This decreases the torque from the front and the car tends to straighten out. This is an old "dirt track" trick. It also works great on snow covered roads.
Bob at PC
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