Re: Most dangerous braking situation...

[Tom Mandera <tsm1@domain.elided>]

On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, John Hofstetter wrote:

> That's so easy to say, but I wonder what I would really do if I was in a bad
> skidding spin. I've never been in one bad enough that turning the way
> instinct made move the wheel, hasn't brought me out of it. I think I'd have
> to go to driving school on a frozen lake for a week to ever have turning in
> the direction of the spin work for me, instinctively.

When you realize that you can't counter-steer out of it.. the wheel's 
full lock, and the rear is still coming around, you will instinctively 
think to steer with it.. otherwise you end the skid, but facing the wrong 
direction.. which may or may not be a Good Thing at the time. :-)

-Tom