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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

LOL! Look at all these drivers hitting the brakes. Bad call

It snowed in Utah. The road got icy. Chaos erupted. I cried from laughter.

25 comments:

gary said...

Braking is the worst thing a driver can do. Might as well sign your own death certificate. Take your foot off the gas and steer in the direction you want to go. Or just stay home.

Anonymous said...

Of course. Mind you not many drivers know how to remain in control of a car in a skid. It can be scary when it first happens. Advanced training helps. Many drivers learn by making mistakes which is not how one should learn how to drive because that mistake could be fatal.

Anonymous said...

or just have a car with ABS. dumbass..

FRED said...

The hell people standing in the road for?!

Anonymous said...

to CJ , your a real loser, people getting hurt and property damage makes you break out in laughter..
stupid bitch.

gary said...

LOL! ABS isn't going to help you on ice! Where'd you learn to drive?

On a very slippery surface such as sheet ice or gravel, it is possible to lock multiple wheels at once, and this can defeat ABS (which relies on comparing all four wheels, and detecting individual wheels skidding).

It's useless. It works best on high traction surfaces. Go back to driving school!

C.J. Smith said...

These people are masters of their own demise!

gary said...

Sarcasm lost on some.

Anonymous said...

yea you must know everything, read your owners manual dumbass.. wheels don't lock with ABS shitface

Anonymous said...

yea real funny gary, just what everybody needs and want in the morning going to work,just shows the level of
losers on this site

gary said...

There are many kinds of ABS buddy.
But most of the systems won't work on ice which is why newer cars have Stabilitrack systems but braking isn't what anyone should do when encountering ice.

Who told you that. Find me anything online where it says braking is what a driver should do on ice?

gary said...

Why the fuck you reading? Is this site how you start your day? If you hate it so much, start with a bible site. Idiot.

C.J. Smith said...

Time to lock out the troll.

C.J. Smith said...

Gary... count to 10.

Anonymous said...

use your brakes like normal ABS will work just fine, ABS is standardized, its the same on all cars and trucks, yea confuse the drivers out there and let them figure what they should do? just drive..and brake..

Drumstick said...

I personally believe ABS is the reason we have more collisions.

The only thing ABS is good for is it allows you to steer the car when you mash on the brakes. But if you know what your doing, you can maintain full control w/o ABS.

Most of the time with the amount of traffic, there is usually nowhere to go, so having ABS is actually worse b/c it is a proven fact that it takes the car longer to stop with ABS then without.

If you want proof of this, go to an empty parking lot after some ice/snow. Go up to 40km/hr and mash the brake pedal. Then, pull the fuse for your ABS and do the exact same thing under threshold braking (look it up if you don't know what threshold braking means).

With proper driver instruction, one can maintain complete control over their vehicle under heaving breaking on slippery surfaces.

If I were in charge at MTO, nobody would be allowed to drive in winter conditions unless they have taken their test in winter conditions....in many European countries, it is done this way.

Drumstick said...

@ Anon... i bet you think 4-wheel drive is a safer option for winter driving too don't you?

ExGOnowTTC said...

I was wondering what had happened to the mouth-breathers.

Squiggles said...

November 2010: in a rental car, got caught in a freak snowstorm. Spun out for the first time in 15 years.

The thing is: many people don't think about what to do first. They panic and lose precious seconds figuring out that they are indeed in a skid.

For me, it was the "oh crap, not my car" that I had to deal with.

Tim K. said...

Anonymous ABS lover is dishing out deadly advice. Braking on a sheet of ice which is what the road in the video is doesn't help in this situation even if your vehicle is equipped with ABS. Effective braking requires the tires needing to adhere to the surface which all season tires will fail at.
The ideal situation in dealing with black ice, ice and skidding is to take your foot off the gas, don't touch the brake and steer in the direction you want to go. Look ahead. If on a highway, aim right, to the ditch or shoulder. And Sqiggles, vehicles can be repaired. You can't be if you're dead. There are skid/steer courses that teach drivers all they need to know *before* they ever find themselves in your situation. I'm glad you're okay.

purple rain said...

People need to relax. "I cried from laughter" was meant for me.

Cindy and I are past road safety advocates. Nothing about this video is funny. It's downright terrifying.

Anonymous said...

finally a person with common sense.....

C.J. Smith said...

The answer to the ABS debate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TxxXainxJ4

Enjoy. ABS helps, provided you understand how the technology works.

Anonymous said...

@ tim/gary so i guess a professional
is wrong? and there is only 1 kind of ABS! it's called ABS
let me know when you want to learn how to drive, i can
give lessons on weekends.

Anonymous said...

just feel like chiming in with the others to correct the people who don't truly understand ABS. wheels will still lock with an ABS car. maybe not for very long but they will lock and you will slide.