Chicane
A chicane is an artificial feature creating extra turns in a road, used in motor racing and on streets to slow traffic for safety. For example, one form of chicane is a short, shallow S-shaped turn, requiring the driver to turn slightly left and then right again to stay on the road, which slows them down. Chicane comes from the French verb chicaner, which means "to quibble" or "to prevent justice".
Motor racing
On modern racing circuits, chicanes are usually located after long straights, making them a prime location for overtaking. They can be placed tactically by circuit designers to prevent vehicles from reaching speeds deemed to be unsafe. A prime example of this is the Tamburello chicane at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, which was placed after Ayrton Senna's death at the original corner. At Circuit de la Sarthe, chicanes were placed alongside the 6‑km Mulsanne Straight in order to slow down Le Mans Prototypes, which with Group C Prototypes went to speeds as high as 400 km/h.
Some tracks, such as the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, feature optional chicanes. Faster cars will take the chicane, but slower cars (such as amateur club racers) may avoid the chicane because they are not capable of reaching equally high speeds on the straights. Such chicanes are used at Watkins Glen International and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, where there are separate chicanes for cars and motorcycles.
Chicane (disambiguation)
A chicane is an artificial feature creating extra turns in a road.
Chicane may also refer to:
Mark Winter
Mark Winter (born 1958) is an editorial cartoonist from New Zealand who works under the pen-name Chicane.
His cartoons have been published in The Southland Times newspaper for more than 25 years, and are now published nationally via the stuff.co.nz website. His work also features in the PSA Journal (New Zealand Public Services Association).
In 2008 he won the cartoonist category in the Qantas Media Awards.
References
Podcasts:
Chicane
ALBUMS
- Thousand Mile Stare released: 2012
- Giants released: 2010
- The Best Of: 1996-2008 released: 2008
- Somersault released: 2007
- Far From the Maddening Crowds released: 2007
- Easy to Assemble released: 2003
- Behind the Sun released: 2003
- Visions of Ibiza: Compiled by Chicane released: 2001
- Best Hits and Remixes released: 2000
- Live at the Palladium released: 2000
Visions of Ibiza: Compiled by Chicane
Released 2001- Not Forgotten (dub)
- Eterna
- 69 Overdrive (Timo Maas extended vocal edit)
- Wide Open Space (Perfecto mix)
- Strings for Yasmin (radio edit)
- Chase the Sun (Adam Freeland mix)
- Help Me Make It (mix No. 1)
- (Who?) Keeps Changing Your Mind (Fresh Fruit mix)
- Is There Anybody Out There? (edit)
- Greece 2000 (original mix) (Miro vocal version)
- Stars (Way Out West remix)
- Airwave (Rank 1 vs. Dutch Force vocal edit)
Best Hits and Remixes
Released 2000- Honey (Chicane club mix)
- Strong in Love
- No Ordinary Morning (7" radio mix)
- Halcyon (Airscape remix)
- Nagasaki Badger (Chicane radio edit)
- Blame It on the Weatherman (Chicane vocal edit)
- Offshore (original version)
- Don't Give Up (feat. Bryan Adams) (Disco Citizens vs. Tomski remix)
- Saltwater (remix)
- Nagasaki Badger (Chicane remix)
- Offshore (remix)
Chicane
ALBUMS
- Firebombs released: 1992
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Somersault
by: ChicaneAs I stood there, empty men all around me
Got to get to [Incomprehensible]
Came a warning, no disguise
Just a calling for you to [Incomprehensible]
And did you feel like letting go
The man inside who has a right to know
Don't walk away
There's so much to say
Just come back and stay
You'll crash and burn someday
It's the way I'm feeling
It's the way I'm feeling
Like a whirlwind, the message came
Tried to tell me to open up my eyes
You would tell me the part again
You would break me 'til you realize
Will you realize?
Did you feel like letting go
The man inside who has a right to know
Don't walk away
There's so much to say
Just come back and stay
You'll crash and burn someday
It's the way I'm feeling
It's the way I'm feeling
It's the way I'm feeling
Just don't walk away
You'll crash and burn someday
It's the way I'm feeling
Don't you ever walk away
Don't you ever walk away
It's the way I'm feeling
It's the way I'm feeling