why do you steer into the skid?

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So there was this video of a woman managing to avoid a crash by steering in a special way. I’m learning to drive rn and people keep saying if you skid you steer into it, but isn’t that the opposite of what it feels like you would do?

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The way I think of it is like this: first, the whole problem with a skid is that the wheels are facing the wrong direction, right? So, when you steer into the skid, you point the wheels in the correct direction, and that’s how I think of it: steering forward.

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