hydroplaning

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That's why tires have tread-otherwise, on wet pavement the tire would ride on a layer of water, a phenomenon known as hydroplaning or aquaplaning.

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  • But despite the wet asphalt and the countless drivers who didn't understand the concept of hydroplaning, I delivered Barb to the right address by 8:45 with no difficulties other than constant pain. —  F ;SF - vol 098 issue 04 - April 2000
  • The use of channels like the Aquatred's means not only a dramatic decrease in hydroplaning, but also remarkable advantages in all wet-weather handling, including reducing the stopping distance with antilock brakes by several car lengths. —  Omni: January 1993
  • What progress he was making, remembering the car hydroplaning. —  Diary of a Heretic
  • It would be the Bermudans that would make the first forays into their opponents final third, hydroplaning their way into positions that disturbed the French quartet at the back. —  Caribbean Net News Daily Headlines
  • Worst of all, they're hydroplaning into Big East play, with all their inadequacies in the open, and they can't feel too great about how the game went yesterday. —  Kentucky Sports Radio
 

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