skid mark

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a black line left on a road by the tires of a vehicle that has skidded

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Examples (10)

  • The police examined the skid marks to see how fast the car had been going.
  • Long skid marks stretched across the wet asphalt after the sudden braking.
  • We could clearly see the skid marks where the car had veered off the road.
  • The driver left prominent skid marks as he swerved to avoid the deer.
  • Investigators measured the skid marks to reconstruct the accident sequence.
  • Heavy trucks often leave deep skid marks on the highway during emergency stops.
  • After the rain, the old skid marks on the pavement were barely visible.
  • The absence of skid marks puzzled the traffic officers at the crash site.
  • Racing cars often create dramatic skid marks when cornering at high speed.
  • They tried to clean up the skid marks before the morning commute.