Re[2]: Most dangerous braking situation...

[jmbrodsky@domain.elided]

     Bull.  A skid can ALWAYS be altered by driver input.  Sometimes 
     for the better.  Sometimes for the worse.  You use a completely 
     different technique in a front drive Honda than a rear drive 
     Terra.  As Tom M would verify, growing up in snowy environments 
     contributes to learning to drive sideways.  As does growing up in 
     the desert.  On dirt roads there are plenty of opportunities to 
     learn to drive a skid.  Too many drivers 'just let go' of the 
     steering wheel, feeling like they have no control.  Moral is that 
     you don't often hear about 150 car pile ups in foggy snowy 
     circumstances in Germany, where the driver eductaion course is 6 
     months long!  Not a little book, then take a written.
     
     -Joel


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Subject: Re: Most dangerous braking situation...
Author:  tjhemh@domain.elided at mime
Date:    1/5/99 4:58 PM
     <snip>
The moral of the story is, you can't control a skid, no matter your 
training, once the physics of the situation exceeds your ability to keep 
steering.
     
Tom H.


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