Why does a car leave tyre marks when it drifts but not when it is driven normally?
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Normally, the tires don’t slide across the road. The point of having them roll is that the tire never slides; it comes down, touches the road while turning (so the road moves backwards/car moves forwards), then lifts up from the same point of the road that it touched down on.
When you drift, the tire is sliding across the road. The grip is so tight that, for this to happen, the rubber molecules touching the road get ripped off of the tire, leaving that trail. The same occurs if you slam your brakes if you don’t have anti lock brakes.
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