I've spun out in a truck once, very scary experience, where I was lucky that i spun through an overpass instead of into it. The mechanics of righting yourself in a sliding car are hard to explain, but turning into the spin works. You have to make sure some wheel maintains traction, straighten the wheel when it begins to correct itself. DONT VIOLENTLY JERK THE WHEEL EITHER! YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE THINGS WORSE!
In all the experiences I've had in this situation, the presence of mind you need to recover safely is going to feel counter-intuitive, but you can always pull off to the side of the road and panic in the safety of a stopped car.
Correcting a spot without making things worse is incredibly counter intuitive. You start going the wrong way, so you think "oh shit, I need to go the other way!" And turn against the spin, which actually takes away your control because now your wheels aren't lined up with the direction you're going and won't start to rotate and give you traction.
Turning into it lets them start spinning again which will give you some control back. Sometimes it's best to just do a full 360 lol
It was fun when I was a kid and my dad would stop in an empty parking lot to do doughnuts with us when I was a kid, but I've never gotten to the point of enjoying doing it myself. My settings for winter driving are 1) white-knuckle fear or 2) grim resignation.
i like to say that practicing that and feeling the point before your car starts to slide is pretty important. You'll likely notice you're coming to that point some time down the line.
dunno if the cops would believe that excuse, but fuck'em
If about 2 decades of winter driving hasn't done it yet, I doubt it ever will. I know how to get myself out of a fishtail or spin but it's never become fun for me. I keep thinking that one of these days I'll skip the white-knuckle stage and go straight to grim resignation, but nope! Not yet.
I've spun out in a truck once, very scary experience, where I was lucky that i spun through an overpass instead of into it. The mechanics of righting yourself in a sliding car are hard to explain, but turning into the spin works. You have to make sure some wheel maintains traction, straighten the wheel when it begins to correct itself. DONT VIOLENTLY JERK THE WHEEL EITHER! YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE THINGS WORSE!
In all the experiences I've had in this situation, the presence of mind you need to recover safely is going to feel counter-intuitive, but you can always pull off to the side of the road and panic in the safety of a stopped car.
Correcting a spot without making things worse is incredibly counter intuitive. You start going the wrong way, so you think "oh shit, I need to go the other way!" And turn against the spin, which actually takes away your control because now your wheels aren't lined up with the direction you're going and won't start to rotate and give you traction.
Turning into it lets them start spinning again which will give you some control back. Sometimes it's best to just do a full 360 lol
I thank the driving manual in Gran Turismo 2 for giving me the knowledge and confidence to control a car in a spin.
It was fun when I was a kid and my dad would stop in an empty parking lot to do doughnuts with us when I was a kid, but I've never gotten to the point of enjoying doing it myself. My settings for winter driving are 1) white-knuckle fear or 2) grim resignation.
i like to say that practicing that and feeling the point before your car starts to slide is pretty important. You'll likely notice you're coming to that point some time down the line.
dunno if the cops would believe that excuse, but fuck'em
If about 2 decades of winter driving hasn't done it yet, I doubt it ever will. I know how to get myself out of a fishtail or spin but it's never become fun for me. I keep thinking that one of these days I'll skip the white-knuckle stage and go straight to grim resignation, but nope! Not yet.
Well, it doesnt have to be fun.
Infact the last time i did it i went almost a full 5 mins before the panic set in