Getting An Edge On Wet Roads
(NC)?There's probably no worse feeling. You're driving on a wet stretch of road and all of a sudden it feels as though your vehicle has a mind of its own. Of course, your vehicle isn't possessed; it has "caught a wave." You're hydroplaning ? your tires are no longer in direct contact with the road as they are riding on top of the water that has pooled on the road.Hydroplaning can occur when a combination of speed, tire wear, tire inflation or the depth of water on the pavement causes the tires to lose traction. Essentially, a layer of water creates a barrier between the road and your tires. This barrier can cause you to lose traction and glide or hydroplane across the water's surface.In wet weather, the tires that have been properly maintained and are in good running condition can cut through the water and maintain contact with the pavement at speeds less than 50 km/h.
In cases where the tires are excessively worn (bald tires) or underinflated, or the water is very deep, you may still hydroplane at slower speeds.At higher speeds (70 km/h and higher), the wedge of water in front of the tires may pass under the tires and the tires will ride on a cushion of water ? resulting in a possible complete loss of traction.Tire manufacturers are continually working to produce tires that give you an edge in wet conditions. HydroEdge?, Michelin's latest ultra-premium (mass-market) tire offers superior performance on dry or wet surfaces as well as exceptional hydroplaning resistance."The all-season tire HydroEdge features dual center grooves that are not exposed to the sipes or other water execution mechanisms," explains Tony Mougios, Michelin Brand Manager for Canada. "This means that these tires can evacuate water very quickly. Specially angled HydroChutes also reduce the water flow turbulence for excellent overall wet weather performance."Along with purchasing tires that offer hydroplaning resistance like HydroEdge, Michelin offers the following tips for preventing and/or dealing with hydroplaning.To prevent hydroplaning:
- Check your tires and tire inflation regularly
- Reduce your speed even more when approaching still water and puddles
- Drive in the tracks of preceding vehicles
- Shift to neutral (on a standard transmission, depress the clutch)
- Activate the hazard lights
- Grip the steering wheel firmly and steer where you want to go
- Avoid braking or accelerating
- Check your rear view mirror
Does dynamometer testing damage the car?
There is no actual proof that dynamometer testing might damage the car in any certain way.
While performing tests, dynos don’t interfere with the engines performance and more importantly, don’t do any damage to it.
The things that damage engines are over-revving (above the engines red line), excessive heating, shock loading or incorrect fuel or ignition settings.
Therefore, if the dynamometer does cause any damage to an engine, it would also have happened if you just drove it at the same RPM or speed on the road too!
In fact, all these things are far more likely to happen while driving on the road than when under controlled and monitored conditions on the dynamometer during testing.
You should always make sure that the operator knows what he is doing, and that the dynamometers cooling fans are large enough.
A 60 centimeter diameter fan that you can talk over is appropriate for a single...
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Yet law enforcement has the most educated, sophisticated officers in its history; the basic question is why this happens.By investigating and experiencing police activities, William E. Cooper, retired Chief of Police and author of Leading Beyond Tradition: A Breakthrough Strategy for Law Enforcement (ISBN 0976746158), learned that in most cases 50% - 70% of calls for service officers were responding to have little relationship to the mission of policing, and in addition, the majority of calls made to 911 lines had no relationship to emergent circumstances. With the larger percentage of time spent on non-mission oriented incidents, officers are often unable to deploy to law enforcement problems in many cases.With the responsibility...
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We all know how annoying snoring can be, both for the snorer and the partner. The effects and seriousness of snoring are becoming more apparent with snoring being linked to conditions like high blood pressure and coronary disease. The different types of snoring, range from a simple puff to a full on roar and there isn't one school of thought on the reasons behind snoring. Snoring, I believe, is a signal that the body's systems are out of balance. Finding which system is the difficult part....
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