road grip
Pavement contact friction
Road grip is how firmly tires hold the road surface—the friction that keeps a vehicle from sliding.
Good road grip means confident handling on curves and reliable braking.
Conditions that reduce road grip include wet pavement, ice, worn tires, and loose gravel: The car lost road grip on the icy bridge.
- tractionAdhesive friction enabling movement
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- tireLose strength or energy
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
adhesion · skid · slip · cornering · wet · dry · braking · contact · patch · compound · all-season tires · handling · stability · curve · race track · pavement · hydroplane · treads
- frictionfriction, rubbing, abrading, friction burn, rolling friction
- tractiontraction, friction, ground contact, snow traction, adhesion
- vehicle handlingstability control, traction control, electronic stability control, ESC, ABS
- anti-skidABS, traction control, nonslip, treads, stability control
road gripwheelspin
Tires turning without grip
slippage · skidding · sliding · hydroplaning · aquaplaning
road griploss of control
Inability to direct outcomes
instability · fishtailing · oversteer · uncontrollability · understeer
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