chicanes
Tight S-bends
Chicanes are artificial turns or obstacles that force drivers to slow down and navigate a winding path.
On racetracks, chicanes are tight S-curves that test a driver's skill: He lost two seconds in the chicanes.
On public roads, they're traffic-calming devices.
The verb chicane means to use trickery or deception—to employ chicanery.
Things blocking access
- conesTapering geometric solids
- bollardsShort protective posts
- curvesBends in a line
- bendsCurves or yields
S-curves · deflectors · kerbs · apex · braking zone · racing line · tight corners · sequence
Deliberate deception to conceal
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
duplicity · cunning · stratagem · feint · pretense · evasion · misdirection · bluff
Ski race through gates
- hairpinsSmall wire hair fasteners
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- qualifyingMeeting required criteria
- brakingReducing speed deliberately
apex · overtaking · racing line · downforce · grip · cornering · F1 · rally
Interlacing strands into fabric
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
- zigzaggingMoving in sharp turns
- swervingTurning sharply aside
- threadingPassing strand through opening
evasion · navigation · pivoting · jinking · sidestepping · feinting · cutting · slaloming
barriers
Things blocking access
bends · S-curves · deflectors · kerbs · apex · braking zone · racing line · tight corners · sequence · alternating
subterfuge
Deliberate deception to conceal
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
ruse · duplicity · cunning · stratagem · feint · pretense · evasion · misdirection · bluff · ploy
slalom
Ski race through gates
- hairpinsSmall wire hair fasteners
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- qualifyingMeeting required criteria
braking · apex · overtaking · racing line · downforce · grip · cornering · F1 · rally · karting
weaving
Interlacing strands into fabric
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
- zigzaggingMoving in sharp turns
- swervingTurning sharply aside
threading · evasion · navigation · pivoting · jinking · sidestepping · feinting · cutting · slaloming · eluding
- streetscapestreet lamp, street trees, streetlight, street furniture, street light
- racetrack elementspit lanes, pits, grandstands, safety barriers, barriers
- slot carsslot cars, chassis, controllers, lanes, motors
- pedestrian safetycrosswalks, sidewalks, crossing guards, pedestrian crossings, pedestrian signals
- roadshighway, highways, road, freeway, roads
- Endurance RacingLe Mans, endurance race, 24 hour race, Sebring, Daytona
chicanesstraightaways
Unbending course segments
straights · back straight · home straight · drag strips · runways
chicanesdirect route
Straightest path available
straight line · beeline · shortcut · straight path · as the crow flies