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I'm a big proponent of this method. I do the same thing several times each winter in my car using an empty parking lot. Practice feeling comfortable sliding an
by DougEiffel 3y ago
I'm a big proponent of this method. I do the same thing several times each winter in my car using an empty parking lot.
Practice feeling comfortable sliding and recovering so you don't have a bad reflex and overcorrect. Absolutely saved my ass one time a few years ago driving home from work.
I was on a 55 and the roads were dry and clear. I came around a slight curve that runs next to some woods and hit black ice immediately. I lightly tapped the gas and tokyo-drifted back to the center of the lane. Felt just like what I had practiced and I felt calm while doing it. Had I panicked and slammed on the brakes, I would have gone sideways into the woods at 55.
- jtriangle 3y agoI do this too, and I've had every vehicle I've ever owned very, very unintentionally sideways and never wrecked because there's zero panic as I've been there before. I'd go so far as to say this is something that should be taught formally, we'd probably reduce traffic accidents significantly.