Cue the Jokes... 335out might I simply look straight backwards over my shoulder, and if any cars were to approach from either direction, I'd see them out the...
It's all "horses for courses" really... Some cars will cope with being braked up the apex of a corner, some won't. Ditto applying power through part or all of a corner.
My wife's MGF is very nicely balanced and can be braked quite firmly into a corner without becoming unsettled in any way... If you tried the same trick in my old 911 you'd find yourself being introduced to the scenery PDQ unless you could get *a lot* of opposite lock on very quickly (it's not impossible, but (a) your hands need to be "connected" to your feet, and (b) best kept *only* for the track!). Ditto powering through-out - the MG is pretty neutral regardless, the 911 is a lot more stable under power (with the "driving a powerful car" proviso), my Golf GTI develops unpleasant understeer under a lot of power... Etc..
I guess that as the IAM appears to apply a "Lowest Common Denominator" approach to "advanced driving" ie attempts to produce a "one size fits all" method, keeping your braking in a straight line before the corner is a safe and sensible method that will always work with any car.
-- and don't bother with ralf4, it's a spamtrap and I never go there.. :)
Cue the Jokes... 334space more Its easier to drive forwards. It's easier to drive out of a space than into it. I'd say that's a rather warped theory, myself. Why? Well, are you sitting comfortably...
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