mac@eisx.UUCP (06/11/85)
Someone recently stated in an article "NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER use the brakes when you're in trouble".... Now, I don't know what Bob Bondurant teaches, but in the Skip Barber Racing School they taught me "In a spin, both feet in." In other words, when you're spinning, floor the clutch and brakes. The main benefit is that you'll travel in a straight line as you spin, and make it easier for other drivers to avoid you. Of course, this applies to racing, not driving. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim McParland Cap Gemini DASD "The faster you go, on assignment at: the more fun it is!" AT&T-IS, South Plainfield, NJ
klein@ucbcad.UUCP (Mike Klein) (06/12/85)
> Someone recently stated in an article "NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER use the > brakes when you're in trouble".... > > Now, I don't know what Bob Bondurant teaches, but in the Skip Barber Racing > School they taught me "In a spin, both feet in." > > In other words, when you're spinning, floor the clutch and brakes. The main > benefit is that you'll travel in a straight line as you spin, and make it > easier for other drivers to avoid you. > > Of course, this applies to racing, not driving. Let's keep things straight here. The original article that prompted all this discussion was asking about how to turn a Saab while driving in a spirited fashion on a street, not a race track. Now the title of your article is "Never use brakes? WRONG!" which you admit is not always true in the last line of your article. When I paraphrased Bob Bondurant in my original article, I was staying with the context of the original Saab posting. I don't know anything about how anyone else teaches driving, but I have read Bondurant's book and talked to a number of people who have taken his street-driving course. If we are talking about race-style driving with **highly experienced** drivers, then yes, there are ways to turn Saabs by using various combinations of brakes, clutch, and gas. But Bondurant goes through great pains to make it VERY CLEAR that in high-performance street driving by people who are not race drivers, you ALWAYS stay off the brakes if you are on the verge of losing it on a curve. Read the book before you attack what I have said. -- -Mike Klein ...!ucbvax!ucbmerlin:klein (UUCP) klein%ucbmerlin@berkeley (ARPA)