Anna Herbst Sep 24, 2013:

Pådrag/gaspådrag/acceleration Man säger att man gasar när man accelererar - substantivet som ligger närmast blir då gaspådrag vilket är det samma som acceleration när man kör - om man inte har växel i innebär gaspådraget att man rusar motorn. Och som jag redan påpekat, "fullt pådrag" är det samma som "full speed" dvs. man kör med gasen i botten.

Deane Goltermann Sep 24, 2013:

Wonderful description Anna, :-) I didn't know there were mountains like that near Melbourne. And it sounds like a wonderful drive -- once in a while. So you answered my rhetorical question as to Aus, and while roads do have 'bends' in the US, you never have to slow down for those, only the curves. Further, having been nearly forced to watch Top Gear UK (my youngest son's favorite) I can assert they never drive around a bend in the track -- it's always the curves. But that isn't much of a reference, is it? My presumption here is this is a test track, with curves and no bends (for the testing) and they are testing the tire at full speed normally acceptable (no sliding) for the radius of the curve in the track!

Anna Herbst Sep 24, 2013:

Bends or curves Deane wondered whether I drive around bends in Australia. Let me explain: I live on a mountain so I drive up and down a winding road with many curves and bends daily. There are a few very sharp bends on the way down from the main road to my house, so you have to slow down to less than 20 kph to be safe. The same goes for a couple of hairpin bends on either side of the mountain. For all types of bends and curves the rule is to slow down on entering the curve and accelerate out of it. Going into a bend in full speed on these roads, particularly if it is a sharp bend, could mean you end up among the gum trees a long distance down from the road after having rolled your car multiple times.
As you can see, there is a mixed usage of curve and bend, enough to drive you round the bend....