A skidpad or skidpan[1] is a circular area of flat pavement used for various tests of a car's handling. The most common skidpad use is testing lateral acceleration, measured in meters per second squared (m/s2) or the scaled unit g-force. This usage has similarities to that of using a kick plate.[2]
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- ^ Yee Man Chan; Chi Yung Ng (16 December 2003). "Road Resistance". welltall.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2007.