handbrake turn

Noun

 * 1)  An automobile driving manoeuvre where the driver starts turning the vehicle and then pulls on the handbrake to make the rear tyres lose adhesion and thus cause the back of the vehicle to slide around (in the direction of the turn).
 * 2)  An abrupt change of opinion.
 * 1)  An abrupt change of opinion.

Coordinate terms

 * a similar maneuver with a motorcycle, to come to a stop and face the opposite direction

Translations

 * Finnish: käsijarrukäännös
 * French: dérapage contrôlé
 * Icelandic: handbremsubeygja
 * Macedonian: вртење под рачна


 * Finnish:, lehmänkäännös