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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There is more to it than “steer into the skid.” you also need to consider the road conditions, whether the front or back tires lost grip or all.

I highly encourage you to watch this 10ish minute video on correcting slides, and avoiding them in the first place.

I also encourage you to go to an empty snowy parking lot (WITHOUT LIGHT POLES TO CRASH INTO) and try getting into and out of slides.

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