Fwd: Re: Allroads are hitting the showrooms

[Lawrence C Leung]

In my New York State (okay, local High School) driver's ed, we were told
NOT to brake hard or AT ALL in a vehicle related (as opposed to right of
way related) emergency situation, such as sudden ice patches, blow-outs,
etc. Don't recall it being emphasized, but since I do recall something
about it, I guess they emphasized it enough. I will have to admit we
never did any in car practice of any emergency situations though,
although I could think of a number of other things I wanted to do in car
practice of instead...... (it was summer time, so all of the "students"
were dressed for hot weather.....)

LL - NY

On Fri, 08 Dec 2000 10:12:35+0000 quk at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk
writes:
>
>> In the last scene, the camera was in the Explorer.  The tire
>> "blew," the Explorer tracked straight, and both the driver's
>> hands were in the air the whole time.  (Well I exaggerate, the
>> thing did drift a little after a few seconds and he corrected,
>> but it was very gentle-- nothing your mother wouldn't have done.)
>
>But he didn't do something your mother would very likely have done -
>he didn't brake.
>
---------snipped long comprehensive and proper assessment (according to
my Austrian friend) of continental theory and application of driver's
ed----------------------