Question about a car turning on ice.

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If I was turning in a circular motion in a car, then I hit a patch of ice making the road frictionless. Would my car just go straight? I always have a hard time on these intuitive questions.
 
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Right well if the friction is providing the centripetal force then μmg=mv2/r. Hence if μ=0, then no force is providing the necessary force to carry it in that circular motion, hence yes it would go straight.