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Horatio Nelson Jackson (March 25, 1872 – January 14, 1955) was an American physician, Army medical officer, and automobile pioneer.In 1903, he and driving partner Sewall K. Crocker became the first people to drive an automobile across the United States, a road trip from San Francisco to New York City, with additional miles travelled to his home in Vermont.
Performing a burnout in a front wheel drive vehicle is usually achieved by engaging the parking brake to lock up the rear tires along with stomping the gas to break the front wheels loose. Mercedes-Benz DTM car burnout. To perform a burnout in a rear wheel drive vehicle the driver has to simultaneously engage the gas and brake pedals. The brake ...
Ski (driving stunt) Skiing is an automotive driving stunt where the car is driven while balanced only on two wheels, either the pair on the driver side or on the passenger side. [ 1][ 2] The stunt is generally performed by driving one pair of wheels up on a ramp to lift one side of the car. [ 2] Alternately, the stunt can be done in a vehicle ...
More recently, a 2010 study found that deaf adults see better than hearing people, suggesting that their increased peripheral vision serves as a protective factor when driving.
Figure 1 Hard wheel rolling on and deforming a soft surface, resulting in the reaction force R from the surface having a component that opposes the motion. (W is some vertical load on the axle, F is some towing force applied to the axle, r is the wheel radius, and both friction with the ground and friction at the axle are assumed to be negligible and so are not shown.
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. (1998) Essence. (2001) Car Wheels on a Gravel Road is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, released on June 30, 1998, by Mercury Records. The album was recorded and co-produced by Williams in Nashville, Tennessee and Canoga Park, California, and features guest appearances by Steve ...
Tramlining. Tramlining is the tendency of a vehicle 's wheels to follow the contours in the surface upon which it runs. [1] [2] [3] The term comes from the tendency of a car's wheels to follow the normally recessed rails of street trams, without driver input in the same way that the train does. [3] The same effect is sometimes called nibbling .
Video of a car fishtailing or drifting on the street of Riia maantee in Tartu, Estonia (December 2021) Fishtailing is a vehicle handling problem which occurs when the rear wheels lose traction, resulting in oversteer. This can be caused by low- friction surfaces (sand, gravel, rain, snow, ice, etc.). Rear-drive vehicles with sufficient power ...