About Cornering: centrifugal force and reading the bend: which statement is correct?
- Once you have judged a bend on entry, the radius of the bend stays the same from then on — you do not need to adjust your assessment further.
- ✓ This force pushes you towards the OUTSIDE of the bend, and is stronger with a smaller bend radius and a higher speed.
- Whether a bend has positive or negative camber makes little practical difference to how you should take the bend.
- If you take a bend at twice the speed, the centrifugal force also becomes twice as large.
Correct answer: This force pushes you towards the OUTSIDE of the bend, and is stronger with a smaller bend radius and a higher speed.
Explanation
This force pushes you towards the OUTSIDE of the bend, and is stronger with a smaller bend radius and a higher speed
Why learners get this wrong
- Watch out: some bends curve increasingly sharply inward, so your first assessment on entry can become outdated
- With positive camber the outer bend lies higher than the inner bend; with negative camber the risk of flying off the bend is greater
- The same bend at 30 km/h and at 60 km/h gives four times as much centrifugal force at 60 km/h, not twice
Topic: Cornering: centrifugal force and reading the bend
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