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God Lord!  What have I started?!

>>Stuart Lewis wrote:  [that would be me]
>>>	"turn into a skid ..."
>>
>>andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner) wrote:
>>>This is for rear wheel drive.  If you have front wheel drive, turn in
>>>the direction that you want to go.  In snow country, this alone was a
>>>good reason to buy front wheel drive -- the natural reflex is the right
>>>one in this situation.

Yes, this is true.  My comments were for rear wheel drive.

>>I disagree with this, but then again I grew up in a area that received
>>a lot of snow, with a rear wheel drive car.  Turning into a skid is
>>a natural response. :-)

And yeah, that would be correct for what you describe, i.e. rear
wheel drive.  By turning away from the skid, what you've done in
effect, is put the tread pattern, indeed, the tire, perpendicular to
the actual direction you're traveling - you need to point the tires
"into" the actual path of movement to allow the tread to go back to
work for you.  Once they do, ease back out.

>I think you should have to demonstrate skid control on a skid pad -
>but then I'm the sort who finds deserted snowy parking lots and
>practices skid recovery. 

Yes, yes, yes!  That's as good a way as any to learn skid recovery.
That's how I taught my wife - just find a big grocery store lot
(better yet - go to some of the Boeing complexes - huge open lots
with little or no cars after hours) and have at it.

>.........................To know theoretically that you turn in to
>the skid is one thing; it's another thing to have actually done it and
>know what it feels like. In a front drive car I'd probably use power
>to pull me out of the skid, and in a rear drive car I'd back off the
>power - but I'd know which worked better, because I'd have tried it
>before I really needed it.
>
>...laura

Stuart Lewis
sml@plato.ds.boeing.com