CERAD EXAM 3 - Principles of safe cornering Flashcards
Principles of safe cornering (5)
Position
Speed
Gear
Accelerate to maintain speed
Be able to stop saftey blah blah
When is a vehicle most stable? (3)
When weight is evenly distributed
Engine pulling to maintain speed
travelling in a straight line
What 3 forces reduce stability and tyre grip?
Steering
Acceleration
Braking
Define Limit point
The furthest point to which you have an uninterupted view of the road surface
Purpose of limit point principle?
A systematic way of judging correct speed to use through bends
Position for (3)?…
Saftey
view
Stability
What to consider on approach to a bend? (3)
Traffic
road surface
limit point
Considerations when judging speed (7)
Severity of bend
view
vehicle characteristics
road conditions
traffic
weather
road width
4 causes of skids
driving too fast for the cirumstances
harsh acceleration
sudden braking
coarse steering
Understeer/Oversteer definitions
the tendency of a vehicole to turn more/less in response to a given steering wheel input
Crown camber and steering effect
Elevation in the center of the road
good effect for left hand bends
bad for right hand bends
Superelevation Camber
The whole width of the road is banked up towards the outside edge of the turn