FISHTAILING

Fishtailing

Fishtailing is a vehicle handling problem which occurs when the rear wheels lose traction, resulting in oversteer. This can be caused by low friction surfaces . Rear-drive vehicles with sufficient power can induce this loss of traction on any surface, which is called power-oversteer.

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