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Old 25th March 2008, 12:54   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gopinathann View Post
I wanted to know how do we handle a situation when we don't have enough time to stop with an ABS fitted car, identifying an sudden object coming in front of us, say a lorry comes and stops in the middle of the road. Is it possible to drift the car to 180 to reduce the speed and stop it(when both the sides are empty).

Please throw your thoughts on this.
Brake as much as possible, then turn the steering enough to go around and continue on your way... that is why you have ABS, it is there so that you will not get you brakes locked, which you will end up doing if you go into the handbrake turn.
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