In an older car that doesn’t have font antilock brakes, you can lock up the brakes and the car will straighten itself out all by itself. It’s easy to practice this in the snow!
If you get hit in the back on the highway and you start sliding sideways down the road, if you are fast you can lock up the front brakes and it’ll keep your car going straight even though it is sliding sideways. If the rear keep spinning the car will straighten out in a couple of seconds. Braking is faster than turning the steering wheel all the way to one side. You can also do this kind of braking to recover a real wheel hydroplane disaster. You have to be very fast reacting for it to work and there still may not be enough time. If it’s done correctly the car will just keep going straight even if it is turned left or right to keep you on the road.