lock up
When a car’s brakes lock, the wheels stop turning and the driver can’t steer properly. It usually happens when braking too hard.
A brake lock-up occurs when the brakes are applied too hard, causing the wheels to stop rotating and lose traction.
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"And it was like the wheels were locking up on re-contact like with the pavement. And it was, I couldn't stop."
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"you know you're gonna lock up, [2200.1s] but you need to slow down more [2201.7s] because you're gonna go off or something,"
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"it's not so bad that it's like a transmission that is not releasing the lockup or something like that. We're not talking about that bad."
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