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AWD not the answer!

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AWD not the answer!
Phokaioglaukos Offline
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01-13-2012, 04:36 AM (This post was last modified: 01-13-2012, 04:38 AM by Phokaioglaukos.)
AWD helps you accelerate in low traction conditions, but you everyone has all wheel brakes and with low traction that can catch you out. Watch this.
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01-13-2012, 09:59 AM
It's really a matter of knowing your car, and yourself, which, it seems many do not.  Perhaps AWD and traction control are giving people a false sense of capability.

Interesting that in many of the accidents the driver seemed to just hold on the brakes, never trying to steer through the skid.

Maybe a winter driving course should be mandatory. (or at least get you an insurance discount)  I can still remember my dad taking me to an empty parking lot and teaching me how to counter a skid.


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01-13-2012, 01:59 PM
This kind of weather combined with drivers who have not a clue is what body shops dream about.   I spoke to a guy today that totalled his car yesterday morning on the NE extension of the turnpike. It was rainy and wet.  Hydroplaned, spun out and the rest is history.  I asked him if he tried to counter steer the spin.  He looked at me like I had two heads.  He told me he is lucky to be alive. 
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