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traction control

noun

  1. (in motor racing cars) a method of preventing wheels from spinning when traction is applied by limiting the amount of power supplied to the wheel

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A crash scene investigator concluded Johnson had been driving aggressively and had deactivated the car's dynamic stability control and traction control systems.

From BBC

It turns out, per an update to the caption, that this truck had “traction control issues due to software problems, not aired down, no pickup points, poor choice of tires and no recovery points!”

From Slate

The rear-wheel-drive setup does offer up oversteer, especially if the traction control has been turned off.

For driving purists, the RWD version has enough oversteer to keep them happy, and you can turn off the traction control if you’re into doing donuts in abandoned parking lots.

According to the company, the dampers are are set to nine clicks front and rear — slightly softer than the standard Polestar 2 with Performance Pack setting — and feature auxiliary adjustment chambers for better traction control.

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