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roadway cross slope and skidding

terry fischer (tfisch100@aol.com)
Tue, 2 Jun 1998 10:48:29 -0400 (EDT)

I'm looking for information that relates the effect roadway cross slope has on the direction of a vehicle while skidding on ice. The relatively level roadway in question has a little more than a 3% cross slope. If a vehicle traveling at 30 mph southbound began skidding what would its translation be westward? How can it be calculated.

If a southbound vehicle was going straight prior to braking, could it have skidded eastward over the top of the roadway crown?

Any thoughts and insight are greatly appreciated.

terry fischer
tfisch100@aol.com

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