# Dog Tracking **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [October 20, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dog-tracking/20970 "2008-10-20T17:14:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PoppaJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e68b1a/32.png) [@PoppaJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PoppaJ)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dog-tracking/20970/1 "2008-10-20T17:14:48Z")
It seems to me that many, maybe most, automobiles point a little to the right as they go down the road. Even new cars do it. Why do they do it? Are they set up that way at the factory? If so, why? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dog-tracking/20970/2 "2008-10-20T17:19:15Z")
If a car is properly aligned, it will not “point to the right”. However, on many roads, the grading of the road is slightly inclined toward the right for the purpose of directing rain water to the gutters/sewers. This grading will cause most vehicles to head slightly to the right when you take your hand off of the steering wheel. ---
**Author:** ![mr\_josh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mr_josh/32/3008_2.png) [@mr\_josh](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mr_josh)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dog-tracking/20970/3 "2008-10-20T17:30:04Z")
I think there may be something of an optical illusion aspect to this, as well. ---
**Author:** ![JayWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@JayWB](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JayWB)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dog-tracking/20970/4 "2008-10-20T23:20:22Z")
Front wheel track is usually a little wider than the rear. From your vantage point from the left side of your following car, it only appears to be mis-aligned. ---
**Author:** ![malibu1955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@malibu1955](https://community.cartalk.com/u/malibu1955)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dog-tracking/20970/5 "2008-10-21T00:14:26Z")
It is not normal. I think you are pointed alot to the right. ---
**Author:** ![PoppaJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e68b1a/32.png) [@PoppaJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PoppaJ)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dog-tracking/20970/6 "2008-10-21T02:29:29Z")
Front track being wider would make it look like the car points a little to the left, with me, in my driver’s seat, having a more left side view of the car in front of me. I ahve considered the paralax problem, and observed ever more closely. I think the dog tracking is a real thing. I guage the view by observing he distance of the left front and reat tires from the center stripe (or lane stripe) and the distance of the right front and rear tires from the edge of pavement. It all adds up to yawed right dog tracking be a common thing.