Thursday, February 28, 2013

Vocabulary Lesson: Yaw


From the Warren Times-Observer police report, February 25, 2013,  about an accident on Mead Run Road just north of U.S. highway 6.

According to police, Christopher McMillen, 21, Youngsville, was southbound on Mead Run Road in a 2001 Ford Explorer and was negotiating a sharp right curve for oncoming traffic. Police said McMillen lost control on the slushy conditions and the vehicle began to yaw counter-clockwise before striking the ditch-embankment along the left shoulder.

Apparently, Merriam-Webster, cars yaw, too.

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