Same goes for turns- if you've slowed down before the curve, slamming the gas halfway through can still spin you out from the sudden power spike.
Easing into the pedal when starting from a stop will prevent you from spinning the wheels and thus losing traction. It happens when your tires don't have enough grip to handle the torque going into them and it means that you won't have very much traction for steering and you're wasting energy spinning the wheels. This looks cool, but despite what Hollywood says this phenomenon (known rather straightforwardly as 'wheelspin') isn't very beneficial. If you're not careful and slam on the gas, you'll likely get noise and a big cloud of smoke. Obviously, each vehicle is unique, but there are some complications not immediately obvious to a non-car-savvy driver.įirstly, there is the matter of accelerating (speeding up). Something that may catch you off guard when you're driving is the way different cars behave under stress.