Would you apply you handbrake in a skid
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This is purely hypothetical because believe it or not it has`nt happened to me.
If you had a powerful car with rear wheel drive and you were going straight on at a roundabout and you were giving it some stick.
You steer left as you enter the roundabout, shifting the weight to the right , then you turn right shifting the weight to the left, then you turn left to leave the roundabout again shifting the weight to the right.
Again hypothetical you are hard on the gas almost braking traction due to the hard accelaration and then you hit lets say black ice or diesel.
The back end goes out,you steer into the skid and of course get off the gas, would your back wheels still be spinning due to the ice(diesel)thus not helping you to correct the skid.
So my question is.
Would it help your situation if you pulled your hand brake on for a split second just to stop the wheels from spinning.
If you had a powerful car with rear wheel drive and you were going straight on at a roundabout and you were giving it some stick.
You steer left as you enter the roundabout, shifting the weight to the right , then you turn right shifting the weight to the left, then you turn left to leave the roundabout again shifting the weight to the right.
Again hypothetical you are hard on the gas almost braking traction due to the hard accelaration and then you hit lets say black ice or diesel.
The back end goes out,you steer into the skid and of course get off the gas, would your back wheels still be spinning due to the ice(diesel)thus not helping you to correct the skid.
So my question is.
Would it help your situation if you pulled your hand brake on for a split second just to stop the wheels from spinning.
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