That safety course told me to steer the way I want to go in a skid. I always learned to turn into the skid so as to recover control. I’ve steered the way I wanted to go and ended up sideways, learned to turn very slowly into the skid until I recover traction then turn slowly to the target directio…

[image] Mustangman: If all 4 brakes are locked and the car is sideways to its motion He’s talking about those few years in the 90’s when some cars (mostly GM’s, if I recall) came with rear-only ABS. I suspect it was mainly so they could advertise they had ABS without paying for putting it on …

Being from the south and not driving in the snow since I retired from driving OTR even I know better than to listen to his nonsense.

[image] shadowfax: few years in the 90’s when some cars (mostly GM’s, if I recall) came with rear-only ABS Those cars were actually trucks. There weren’t any GM cars equipped with the rear-only ABS systems, just the trucks… and they were BAD… really BAD! I’ve driven more than a few of those…

Well, I was wrong about the decade, but cars did come with rear-only ABS. Check this old article: [image] Anti-Lock Brakes, The First Technology to Help You Avoid a Crash, Turn 40 When Mercedes-Benz offered the first production car with electronic four-wheel multi-channel ABS in 1978, i…

Way before my time! If it was offered on the Olds Toro, I’d guess it was offered on the El Dorado, same platform as it was Caddy’s tech leading model.

[image] VOLVO-V70: Where are you getting this stuff ? From the internet, after all everything on the net has to be true, right. :rofl: :joy:

We were taught to pump the brakes, course I was on glare ice once, smack dab into a tree, brakes steering nothing would change the course of my car. Oh the 70’s. Just ended up with a small dent, in the hood as I hit it dead on, saw a bud delivering papers, pulled in the drive and got out to say to s…

[image] PvtPublic: From the internet, after all everything on the net has to be true, right. :rofl: You mean to say :innocent: its not true. :smiley:

Just come on up north in a few months and go practice on a frozen lake. You’ll get the hang of it pretty fast. You can’t be thinking about this stuff in a skid, it has to be instinct, so practice.

[image] bing: Just come on up north in a few months and go practice on a frozen lake If they still have drivers ed In the schools that should be included.

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From the internet, after all everything on the net has to be true, right.

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