Almost made a prat of my self!

S@njay · 22 Dec 2006 at 15:53

Matt82 said:
hey sanjay, quick question, but when you were sliding, did you once think about coming off the brakes or was you hoping that they would stop you?

Main thought was..ah crud, this could hurt!

Foot firmly on the brakes, hoping that ABS and the traction control would stop me safely (which i dont think it works on ice?).

NathanE · 22 Dec 2006 at 15:58

Lost the rear wheels on my Clio today, luckily that icey patch didn't last long! :eek:

Was only going 30 as well

PiKe · 22 Dec 2006 at 15:59

S@njay said:
Foot firmly on the brakes, hoping that ABS and the traction control would stop me safely (which i dont think it works on ice?).

No, in some cases you end up with little to no braking force, sometimes it's recommended you turn ABS off or pull the fuse and use cadence braking.

agw_01 · 22 Dec 2006 at 16:01

S@njay said:
Main thought was..ah crud, this could hurt!

Foot firmly on the brakes, hoping that ABS and the traction control would stop me safely (which i dont think it works on ice?).

ABS is gay on ice and snow.

When it snowed in March (just after I'd got the car actually), I was driving gingerly down a 1 way street at around 20mph.

There was a T junction at the end. I started to slow down wayyyyyy before the junction and as I expected, the ABS kicked in but the car wasn't slowing.

I ended up overshooting the junction by about a metre.

In that position, there's absolutely nothing you can do apart from sitting there and hoping you get lucky.

Needless to say, if it snows this/next year, the ABS fuse is getting pulled.

PiKe · 22 Dec 2006 at 16:04

At the bottom of the hill I live on, onto a main road ABS kicked in but I just manually cadence braked and I managed to stop fine.

agw_01 · 22 Dec 2006 at 16:07

Hmmm, I didn't think cadence braking would work, because as soon as you looked at the brake pedal, the ABS would kick in and you wouldn't actually be slowing down at all.

Will keep that in mind. I use to cadence brake in the 214 automatically. Guess I just got lazy in thinking that ABS'll save my ass

PiKe · 22 Dec 2006 at 16:08

Well the ABS isn't all that agressive in my car I don't think, although I don't have anything to compare it to.

Matt82 · 22 Dec 2006 at 16:32

S@njay said:
Main thought was..ah crud, this could hurt!

Foot firmly on the brakes, hoping that ABS and the traction control would stop me safely (which i dont think it works on ice?).

with your wheels locked you would never have been able to change direction, even if you had come off the ice. i know it is sorta contradictory to what instinct tells us, but in a situation like that coming off the brakes can help as it gives the car a chance to change direction.

glad you came out of it alright. just be uber careful when its cold out there, the roads seem so be so greasy lately too

Enfield · 22 Dec 2006 at 16:53

S@njay said:
i now know that ice is very dangerous

And you didn't know before hand that ice was dangerous?

S@njay · 22 Dec 2006 at 18:44

Enfield said:
And you didn't know before hand that ice was dangerous?

Of course, i was just too cocky to care in all honnesty.

Lopéz · 22 Dec 2006 at 18:48

I like driving the Mondeo in the winter, it's like trying to guide an eel up a greased bowling alley.

Enfield · 22 Dec 2006 at 19:10

S@njay said:
Of course, i was just too cocky to care in all honnesty.

Forgetting the little incident you just had, did you not realise that ice was dangerous?

S@njay · 22 Dec 2006 at 19:15

Enfield said:
Forgetting the little incident you just had, did you not realise that ice was dangerous?

Of course i knew

Kamerad · 22 Dec 2006 at 19:16

Enfield said:
Forgetting the little incident you just had, did you not realise that ice was dangerous?

It's hard to appreciate how dangerous it is until you've experienced it first hand.

L0rdMike · 22 Dec 2006 at 23:45

If you think about how you are driving you shouldnt really have any probs in this weather. I manage.