Learn the Powell Motorsports method:
Lock (literally kick the brake pedal to lock all four wheels at once; avoiding yaw caused by locking at slightly different times) and achieve a rate of deceleration almost as good as true threshold braking (but achieve it immediately rather than waste valuable space trying to achieve threshold while the vehicle is moving its fastest).
Look for clear space and turn the wheel (a quarter turn or so).
Release.
The dangers of DRLs 4596223rem It's scary how many drivers don't give a second thought about their lights even when they don't have DRL's or automatic...
The car will seem to leap sideways.
Very effective.
And with the rear wheels braking and the fronts wheels not, you've created an almost surefire spin due to weight transfer and available adhesion. If you're braking is anywhere near the maximum for the rear wheels (and you'd better hope it is if you want this plan to be better than braking with all four wheels), then any side force required from the rear tires is likely to put them over the limit of adhesion (google "friction circle"). This will cause and imbalance of lateral adhesion that is already made worse by weight transfer from rear to front that is caused whenever you brake a car (see "drop throttle oversteer").
The dangers of DRLs 4597Must be rare. I see few GM vehicles with their regular headlights on when it's "gloomy" (I buttume you mean overcast). The problem is that the average "joe blow" driver that...
In short, you've just given your car the handling characteristics of a Porsche 911; a car famous for spinning in the hands of the unwary who would back out of the throttle when it seemed they were entering a turn too fast.
The dangers of DRLs 4598You still missed the glaringly obvious point? How is that possible? To paraphrase the discussion so far.... CH: The average Joe Blow doesn't even think about their lights...
Learn to use the brakes properly. It's always a better option than engine braking for stopping as quickly as possible and in a controlled manner.
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