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.
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.
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!
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?
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..
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.
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.
@ 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.
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.
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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.
ReplyDeleteOf 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.
ReplyDeleteor just have a car with ABS. dumbass..
ReplyDeleteThe hell people standing in the road for?!
ReplyDeleteto CJ , your a real loser, people getting hurt and property damage makes you break out in laughter..
ReplyDeletestupid bitch.
LOL! ABS isn't going to help you on ice! Where'd you learn to drive?
ReplyDeleteOn 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!
These people are masters of their own demise!
ReplyDeleteSarcasm lost on some.
ReplyDeleteyea you must know everything, read your owners manual dumbass.. wheels don't lock with ABS shitface
ReplyDeleteyea real funny gary, just what everybody needs and want in the morning going to work,just shows the level of
ReplyDeletelosers on this site
There are many kinds of ABS buddy.
ReplyDeleteBut 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?
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.
ReplyDeleteTime to lock out the troll.
ReplyDeleteGary... count to 10.
ReplyDeleteuse 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..
ReplyDeleteI personally believe ABS is the reason we have more collisions.
ReplyDeleteThe 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.
@ Anon... i bet you think 4-wheel drive is a safer option for winter driving too don't you?
ReplyDeleteI was wondering what had happened to the mouth-breathers.
ReplyDeleteNovember 2010: in a rental car, got caught in a freak snowstorm. Spun out for the first time in 15 years.
ReplyDeleteThe 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.
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.
ReplyDeleteThe 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.
People need to relax. "I cried from laughter" was meant for me.
ReplyDeleteCindy and I are past road safety advocates. Nothing about this video is funny. It's downright terrifying.
finally a person with common sense.....
ReplyDeleteThe answer to the ABS debate.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TxxXainxJ4
Enjoy. ABS helps, provided you understand how the technology works.
@ tim/gary so i guess a professional
ReplyDeleteis 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.
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.
ReplyDelete