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[Bryf50]

That's sad that some guy named Lawrence can successfully get a video taken down from youtube.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Who the heck is Lawrence?

Probably the silly cu** that was in the white car...

 

[exdeath]

hmm, wouldn't you want to do that so that ABS can kick in??

Nope. You back out of the throttle and steer out of it while patiently hoping for the best. Hitting the brakes in a front engine rear wheel drive car will cause the car to nose dive and plant the front tires and allow the rear to lift up and just slide out even faster, regardless of ABS. It's not so much about ABS as braking *period* and causing sudden weight transfer. ABS just keeps the tires from skidding during braking, it can't do anything when the tires are sliding sideways.

99 times out of 100 what happens is someone will downshift without rev matching while nailing the throttle while they only have one hand on the wheel (the other on the shifter) and that sudden jerking from both the engine braking and sudden throttle opening causes the car to buck and unbalance and the driver to pull on the wheel and start the oscillation.

Grip the wheel with both hands and relax at equilibrium, then suddenly remove your right hand; your left hand will naturally tug down on the wheel and pull it left. Now combine that with the fact that you will instinctively pull your left arm toward your body as leverage both to shift and to hold on, followed by an engine brake induced nose dive and sudden application of 500 HP while the car is now mid turn. Now panic and hit your brakes, which you will hit harder than your normally would without thinking about it.

Or if you are really lucky, you can do everything perfect, and get a patch of sand under one tire with perfect grip on the other, same outcome. These are the ways that cars merge with trees and utility poles.

Even a high horsepower vehicle will track straight and not go sideways for no reason with proper rev matching and a LSD/posi; road conditions and tires allowing.