When braking on snow or other slick surfaces, why is it that the tires seem to skid/slip the most the moment just before you stop?
In: Physics
They skid and slip while you’re slowing down, too, but because you’re travelling faster, any amount of braking helps slow you down, causing you to not notice that skid a bit.
As long as the car is moving straight forward, your braking isn’t going to seem too far out of the ordinary at first. But as you slow down from 30 to 20 to 10 to 5, the lessened friction on the tires becomes much more noticeable as you think you should be 100% stopped, but you’re not. Plus, the lessened forward momentum is going to make it easier to slip left and right.
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