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In article <MS-C.725157709.1103527590.mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin) writes:
/Walter Bright writes:
/>When this happens, the
/>best thing to do is *Jam The Brakes On And Lock All 4 Wheels*. What this
/>does is cause the car to slide in a straight line (while still rotating).
/The other deadly edge about ``lock your wheels and slide to a stop'' is that
/by sacrificing the remaining adhesion you have, you have given up all control
/over your vehicle.  You may, in fact, end up going further that you would have
/if you had held on to your adhesion.

The rest of my post stated that you lock the wheels when you are spinning.
When you are spinning, the tires are not rotating and you will not be slowing
your rate of deceleration by locking the wheels.

If you are going in a reasonably straight line, you will lose about 30-60% of
your stopping power if you lock the wheels, as opposed to "threshhold braking".
"threshhold braking" is applying enough brake pressure so that the wheel is
just short of skidding, i.e. it is moving about 15% slower than the road.
It makes a sound known as "happy tires" to racers, that is, "a happy tire is
a singing tire". It is worth practicing happy tires, to do so, jam on the
brakes till you get a full lock, then back off slightly. You'll get the idea.
What anti-skid brakes do is do this automatically, though a skilled driver
can outperform asb.