Beware use of this word. strictly speaking any normal car has three accelerators: 1) throttle 2) brake 3)steeringwheel This is because acceleration is ANY change in speed IN A GIVEN DIRECTION. Slow down and you're changing speed. Drive at a constant speed in a circle and you're undergoing a constant acceleration (your speed is changing in any given direction). If you don't believe it, ask a physicist. It's just another abused word. Another abused term is shock absorber (which are your springs, not the hydraulic dampers). There are heaps of others! Andrew |
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